Quotes About Voting

The American people are going to have a good choice.

It is not good enough to say, "Well, hey, I vote every two years. I vote every four years." That's fine, but that is not good enough.

If somebody comes before me and I think that they will do a good job in fulfilling the mission - even if I might not have nominated them - if I think they're gonna do a good job, I vote for 'em.

If voting made any difference they wouldn't let us do it.

We do not believe in government through the voting booth. The Spanish national will was never freely expressed through the ballot box. Spain has no foolish dreams.

The government you elect is the government you deserve.

The only problem with voting is no matter who you vote for the government always gets in.

It is wrong to ask who will rule. The ability to vote a bad government out of office is enough. That is democracy.

I follow a set of principles; I follow the Constitution. And that's what I base my votes on. Limited government, economic freedom, and individual liberty.

Self-government can succeed only through an instructed electorate.

The government, whether state or central, is elected. That means we have a responsibility to elect the right kind of leaders.

Improved turnout will give parliament and government the appearance of being more legitimate.

In all forms of government the people is the true legislator.

The Republicans have a habit of having three bad years and one good one, and the good one always happens to be election years.

All you need to know is this. You can never go wrong by voting for a bill that fails, or against a bill that passes.

The South is dry and will vote dry. That is, everybody that is sober enough to stagger to the polls will.

The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government.

The secret ballot makes a secret government; and a secret government is a secret band of robbers and murderers.

Man ... feels that he is a participator in the government of affairs not merely at an election, one day in the year, but every day.

There are elements of democracy in votes here and there in America. But in the actual structure of the government, we're a representative republic.

Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.

A State which has universal suffrage and a wide extension of the jury franchise, must qualify the people by education to rightly exercise the great powers with which they are invested.

If you're going to vote for somebody because you think they have a great faith in God, you'd better be sure that God has faith in them.

Americans of our own time - minority and majority Americans alike - need the continued guidance that the Voting Rights Act provides. We have come a long way, but more needs to be done.