Quotes About Voting

The sight of allegedly sophisticated politicians parroting complete tripe trivialises and demeans government and it has to be stopped. It's played a significant part in public disillusionment with politics and has led to the absurd situation where more people vote for 'Strictly Come Dancing' than voted in the general election.

All Ursula can come up with is that when people were alone in the voting booth, they couldn't bring themselves to vote for a woman. The problem wasn't Ursula. It was American society. Of course Ursula harbored plenty of private fears

In the melting pot that is America, inclusive trumps exclusive. Whether it's single women, young adults, or minorities, alienating the rapidly growing voting blocs is not smart politics.

Our "pathway" is straight to the ballot box, with no variableness nor shadow of turning…. We demand in the Reconstruction suffrage for all the citizens of the Republic. I would not talk of Negroes or women, but of citizens.

Resolved, That it is the duty of the women of this country to secure to themselves their sacred right to the elective franchise.

confiar a trece millones de indios analfabetos la elección de un presidente es como pedir a una clase de escolares que elijan a su profesor.

Sobre las elecciones presidenciales dijo algo divertido, que luego pidió no reprodujera en mi artículo: que confiar a trece millones de indios analfabetos la elección de un presidente es como pedir a una clase de escolares que elijan a su profesor.

The panel was selected from the voting rolls, and, since candidates running for office seldom represent the interests of Black and poor people, Blacks and the poor don't vote. But failing to vote means they don't sit on juries.

In the world at large we seldom vote for a principle or a given state of affairs. We vote for a man who pretends to believe in that principle or promises to achieve that state. We don't want a man, we want a condition of peace and plenty-- or, it may be, war and want-- but we must vote for a man.

An Act of Parliament is at least as complex as a marriage settlement; and it is made much as a settlement would be if it were left to the vote and settled by the major part of persons concerned, including the unborn children. There is an advocate for every interest, and every interest clamours for every advantage.

At an election the non-titled are much more powerful than the titled.

It is neither racist nor elitist to say publicly what every rational person believes privately - that if you don't know anything about a subject, you ought not to raise your hand or cast a ballot on the matter.

Elections, in India, are 'over to the people' time. And it is probably the one time in their lives when politicians, and political parties, of all hues walk the razor edge of panic.

I've certainly honored the two promises I made: Always tell you the truth; never vote with my re-election in mind.

For the record, our democracy is revered around the world. And free elections are the best way on Earth to choose our leaders. This is how we elected John F. Kennedy; Ronald Reagan; two George Bushes; Bill Clinton; and Barack Obama. It has worked for decades.

My father was raised a union Democrat. He cast his first ballot for a Republican in 1980 for Ronald Reagan.

I rallied against Clinton when he was in office. I didn't vote for him in '96. I didn't vote for Gore in 2000.

The closer a Negro got to the ballot box, the more he looked like a rapist.

Democratic government requires the consent of the governed.

A president's power is limited. We need to vote down the ballot as well, from your councilman all the way up to your governors and congressman.

The word democracy comes from the Greek and means, literally, government by the people.

The Greens have never been on the ballot in Georgia because of restrictive ballot access laws.

We need to vote people out of office that are perpetuating issues affecting young people, like gun violence.

I want a for-profit company counting my vote because they know if they get it wrong, or if they get hacked, their value will plummet.