Quotes About Voting

Voters don't decide issues, they decide who will decide issues.

Taxation with representation ain't so hot either.

It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail.

Whin a man gets to be my age, he ducks political meetin's, an' reads th' papers an' weighs th' ividence an' th' argymints - pro-argymints an' con-argymints, an' makes up his mind ca'mly, an' votes th' Dimmycratic Ticket.

More men have been elected between Sundown and Sunup than ever were elected between Sunup and Sundown.

I always voted at my party's call, And I never thought of thinking for myself at all.

I am 52 years of age. I am a bishop in the Anglican Church, and a few people might be constrained to say that I was reasonably responsible. In the land of my birth, I cannot vote.

The ballot is stronger than the bullet.

The definition of insanity is conservatives voting Republican over and over again and expecting different results.

One thing Republicans understand: In American elections, you have to choose from among only two people - not between the perfect and the good.

I believe in the two-party system.

I was in Australia for many years. And the system there is a two-party system and the government changes from time to time.

You know, if it's a three-way race, the public has more choice than if it's a two-way race, and has more choice in a two-way race than a one-way race.

In the UK we have general elections roughly every four or five years because we know circumstances, situations and therefore opinions change over time.

During the Jim Crow era, poll taxes and literacy tests kept the African-Americans from polls. But today, felon disenfranchisement laws accomplished what poll taxes and literacy tests ultimately could not, because those laws were struck down. But felony disenfranchisement laws had been allowed to stand.

I want to stand by my country, but I cannot vote for war

If God had wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates.

Choice by the people themselves is not generally distinguished for its wisdom.

As a friend often said, India is a gymkhana club, where the people have the votes, but the politicians and the bureaucrats have the membership.

of their own, one that will not support suffrage, and I'm afraid the Liberal Party leadership may prefer their priorities. What good is fighting for women's rights if those rights don't include being able to vote?

You know, Winifred, you begin to make me wonder if all women should have the right to vote.

la clase media sirve para algo, es para trabajar y pagar impuestos con los que podamos sobornar a la plebe de Roma y tenerla contenta y dócil. Es cierto que los plebeyos de Roma son como animales, pero son muchos y necesitamos sus votos para alcanzar el poder. Que la clase media nos sirva hasta el final, porque los nuevos ciudadanos no piensan más que en el trabajo, la industria, el ahorro y otras preocupaciones vulgares por el estilo.»

You can't just trot out a brown face or a Spanish surname and expect people are going to vote for your party or your candidate.

Mr. Speaker, democracy works best when the American electorate is engaged and informed.