Quotes about voting




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"Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost."

Adams, John Quincy on voting    Share


"Where annual elections end where slavery begins."

Adams, John Quincy on voting    Share

"Suffrage is the pivotal right."

Anthony, Susan B. on voting    Share

"Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing."

Baruch, Bernard M. on voting
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"The fact that a man is to vote forces him to think. You may preach to a congregation by the year and not affect its thought because it is not called upon for definite action. But throw your subject into a campaign and it becomes a challenge."

Chapman, John Jay on voting    Share

"Your every voter, as surely as your chief magistrate, exercises a public trust."

Cleveland, Grover on voting    Share

"The future of this republic is in the hands of the American voter."

Eisenhower, Dwight D. on voting    Share

"A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows."

Henry, O. on voting    Share

"We'd all like to vote for the best man, but he's never a candidate."

Hubbard, Kin on voting
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"There can no longer be anyone too poor to vote."

Johnson, Lyndon B. on voting    Share

"The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all."

Kennedy, John F. on voting    Share

"The margin is narrow, but the responsibility is clear."

Kennedy, John F. on voting    Share

"There is no city in the United States in which I can get a warmer welcome and fewer votes than Columbia, Ohio."

Kennedy, John F. on voting    Share

"You can milk a cow the wrong way once and still be a farmer, but vote the wrong way on a water tower and you can be in trouble."

Kennedy, John F. on voting    Share

"I'm so insane, I voted for Eisenhower. Oh yeah, well I'm so insane, I voted for Eisenhower TWICE!"

Kesey, Ken on voting    Share

"The ballot is stronger than the bullet."

Lincoln, Abraham on voting
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"Among free men there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet."

Lincoln, Abraham on voting    Share

"The effort to calculate exactly what the voters want at each particular moment leaves out of account the fact that when they are troubled the thing the voters most want is to be told what to want."

Lippmann, Walter on voting    Share

"Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good."

Mencken, H. L. on voting    Share

"We just did a survey that showed.... something like 65 percent of the [American] people couldn't vote for the First Amendment if it was up for a vote today."

Prichard, Peter on voting    Share

"Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few."

Shaw, George Bernard on voting
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"Perhaps America will one day go fascist democratically, by popular vote."

Shirer, William L. on voting    Share

"Our elections are free -- it's in the results where eventually we pay."

Stern, Bill on voting    Share

"It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting."

Stoppard, Tom on voting    Share

"All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and wrong."

Thoreau, Henry David on voting    Share

"When a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me."

Truman, Harry S on voting    Share

"No matter whom you vote for, the Government always gets in."

Unknown, Source on voting    Share

"In times of stress and strain, people will vote."

Unknown, Source on voting    Share

"When he first ran for office, he appealed to the voters: I never stole anything in my life. All I ask is a chance."

Unknown, Source on voting    Share

"It makes no difference whom you vote for -- the two parties are really one party representing four percent of the people."

Vidal, Gore on voting    Share

"Half of the American people never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half."

Vidal, Gore on voting
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"Voters don't decide issues, they decide who will decide issues."

Will, George F. on voting    Share

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