Quotes About Voting

I want people to learn what democracy means.

Long live democracy!

The essence of a democracy is a free electorate.

If you are a Democrat, and you get less than 90% of the black vote, you are going to likely lose your election.

I used to vote Democrat.

I don't see how a young American can vote for, well, can vote for a Democrat.

The worst an ex-con is likely to do if given the right to vote is vote for a Democrat.

Whether you're Democrat or Republican... you want everybody who's eligible to vote to vote, and that's how you want to win elections.

I'm a democrat.

It's not like Massachusetts, where they're baptized Democrats.

Democracy depends on well educated and engaged citizens.

Elections matter, but how much they matter depends entirely on how free, open and fair they are.

We are a democracy, and we get the leaders we deserve because we elect them.

Here's to democracy. May we get the government we deserve.

I would never tell anyone who to vote for. I'm a different kind of 'liberal' and I think people should be true to themselves. If you're Republican or Democrat, conservative or liberal, you should be true to yourself and be who you are.

The power of data is being able to be much more efficient with who you target and who you talk to and what you talk to them about. If you can gain that sort of very surgical efficiency, particularly in elections where you just need one more vote in order to win an election, yeah, absolutely, it can play a very significant role.

At its most basic the democratic contract is a simple one: the right to vote comes with a responsibility to society, through tax payments and citizenship.

Elections should be held on April 16th- the day after we pay our income taxes. That is one of the few things that might discourage politicians from being big spenders.

I think I have the right to know what Steve Forbes paid in taxes - I don't think there should be a law. I think there should be a presumption. I wouldn't vote for a guy who wouldn't reveal what he paid in taxes. That kind of thing.

Sixteen- and 17-year-olds pay taxes and can join the army, so surely they should in turn be given their right to vote.

People say, 'If you don't vote, then you don't have a right to say anything. But nine times outta 10, I pay more taxes than they do - so even if I don't vote, I still have the right to speak out.

I believe that the decisions which govern all our lives, the laws we must all obey, and the taxes we must all pay should be decided by people we choose and who we can throw out if we want change.

Donald Trump has a very radical idea, and that's that when we make changes to our immigration laws, the group we should be most concerned about are everyday, hardworking Americans, the citizens who make this country run, who obey the laws, follow the rules, pay their taxes, show up and vote - the people who are loyal to this country.

Why shouldn't 16-year-olds who pay taxes and drive not be allowed to vote?