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title: "Vote Proverbs Collection"
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> [A Negro who does not vote is ungrateful to those who have already died in the fight for freedom. ... Any person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/constance-baker-motley/a-negro-who-does-not-vote-is-ungrateful-to-those-who-have-already/)

[Constance Baker Motley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/constance-baker-motley/)

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> [The political terms 'will' and 'popular will' have a long track record in Western history going back to Rousseau. That record is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-leo/the-political-terms-will-and-popular-will-have-a-long-track-record-in/)

[John Leo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-leo/)

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> [Let's pretend six people live in your house. And you propose that only four people get to eat every day, and you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rush-limbaugh/let-s-pretend-six-people-live-in-your-house-and-you-propose-that-only/)

[Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rush-limbaugh/)

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> [Al Gore in 2000. He got a half a million more votes than George Bush and lost. How can that be? It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-ventura/al-gore-in-2000-he-got-a-half-a-million-more-votes-than-george-bush/)

[Jesse Ventura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-ventura/)

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> [Now back in 1927 an American socialist, Norman Thomas, six times candidate for president on the Socialist Party ticket, said the American…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/now-back-in-1927-an-american-socialist-norman-thomas-six-times/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [If you want a future of shared prosperity, where the middle class is growing and poverty is declining, where the American Dream…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/if-you-want-a-future-of-shared-prosperity-where-the-middle-class-is-2/)

[William J. Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-j-clinton/)

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> [I had a great deal of trouble focusing. My two - I had three children, and the two that survived - boys…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-biden/i-had-a-great-deal-of-trouble-focusing-my-two-i-had-three-children/)

[Joe Biden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-biden/)

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> [We need to start prioritizing people, not polar bears. We're probably less adaptable than them, anyway. The farther you are from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-titley/we-need-to-start-prioritizing-people-not-polar-bears-we-re-probably/)

[David Titley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-titley/)

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> [As I got to know the people of the Civil Rights Movement, I realized... I am the hopeful black woman who was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/common/as-i-got-to-know-the-people-of-the-civil-rights-movement-i-realized-i/)

[Common](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/common/)

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> [I think I better understand why some folk didn't want Black women to vote, because it is hard to get one by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jasmine-crockett/i-think-i-better-understand-why-some-folk-didn-t-want-black-women-to/)

[Jasmine Crockett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jasmine-crockett/)

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> [There are some flaws in the assumptions made for democracy. It is assumed that all men and women are equal or should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/there-are-some-flaws-in-the-assumptions-made-for-democracy-it-is/)

[Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/)

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> [There was in the House only one dissenting vote, from Barbara J. Lee, a Democrat from California, who warned that military action…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hedges/there-was-in-the-house-only-one-dissenting-vote-from-barbara-j-lee-a/)

[Chris Hedges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hedges/)

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> [I believe that any intelligent person who reads the evidence will come to the same conclusion about 2004 election results . But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-f-kennedy-jr/i-believe-that-any-intelligent-person-who-reads-the-evidence-will/)

[Robert F. Kennedy, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-f-kennedy-jr/)

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> [When you cook, you get to shop. You get to vote if you want the pastured raised pork or the organic grain.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-pollan/when-you-cook-you-get-to-shop-you-get-to-vote-if-you-want-the/)

[Michael Pollan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-pollan/)

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> [When Congress votes for all sorts of benefits, without voting for enough taxes to pay for them, they get the support of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/when-congress-votes-for-all-sorts-of-benefits-without-voting-for/)

[Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/)

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> [When we look at the Trump candidacy or we look at any Republican candidacy for the presidency that's been successful, they tend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-lamont-hill/when-we-look-at-the-trump-candidacy-or-we-look-at-any-republican/)

[Marc Lamont Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-lamont-hill/)

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> [Democracy, or "majority rules," is another trick of our society to force us to do things we don't want to do. Even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-murray/democracy-or-majority-rules-is-another-trick-of-our-society-to-force/)

[William J. Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-j-murray/)

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> [With all of the talk about polling and demographics, I think too many people have lost touch with the human and moral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arlene-holt-baker/with-all-of-the-talk-about-polling-and-demographics-i-think-too-many/)

[Arlene Holt Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arlene-holt-baker/)

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> [I think the truth is that the Labour Party isn't believed any more because people suspect it will say anything to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-benn/i-think-the-truth-is-that-the-labour-party-isn-t-believed-any-more/)

[Tony Benn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-benn/)

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> [And what I've come to learn is that it's the manufacturer's handbook, is what I call it. It teaches us how to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-broun/and-what-i-ve-come-to-learn-is-that-it-s-the-manufacturer-s-handbook/)

[Paul Broun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-broun/)

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> [The vast majority of a significant portion of Americans of Hispanic descent will vote - happen to be working class people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marco-rubio/the-vast-majority-of-a-significant-portion-of-americans-of-hispanic/)

[Marco Rubio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marco-rubio/)

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> [People turn off the news, stop reading in-depth magazine articles - especially young people. Look at the increasing reluctance of young people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hickenlooper/people-turn-off-the-news-stop-reading-in-depth-magazine-articles/)

[John Hickenlooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hickenlooper/)

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> [American democracy is supposed to be the paradigm for the rest of the world, and it no longer is. Citizens cannot be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-f-kennedy-jr/american-democracy-is-supposed-to-be-the-paradigm-for-the-rest-of-the/)

[Robert F. Kennedy, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-f-kennedy-jr/)

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> [Being an artist is not just about what happens when you are in the studio. The way you live, the people you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teresita-fernandez/being-an-artist-is-not-just-about-what-happens-when-you-are-in-the/)

[Teresita Fernandez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teresita-fernandez/)

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> [I can't remember the exact quote but when I used to trade and Mr. Volcker was Fed chairman, he said something like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-santelli/i-can-t-remember-the-exact-quote-but-when-i-used-to-trade-and-mr/)

[Rick Santelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-santelli/)

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> [Donald Trump winning the electoral vote - I don't even want to say he won the election because Hillary Clinton won the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-pozner/donald-trump-winning-the-electoral-vote-i-don-t-even-want-to-say-he/)

[Jennifer Pozner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-pozner/)

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> [The Liberal Party of Canada, heading into an election, at the last minute they always stand up and they say: We know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-mercer/the-liberal-party-of-canada-heading-into-an-election-at-the-last/)

[Rick Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-mercer/)

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> [Bush won the largest popular vote in history with a 3.5 million margin. Indeed, simply by getting a majority of the country…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-coulter/bush-won-the-largest-popular-vote-in-history-with-a-3-5-million/)

[Ann Coulter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-coulter/)

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> [The most noticeable weakness of Congressmen is their timidity. They fear the use to be made of their "record." They are afraid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutherford-b-hayes/the-most-noticeable-weakness-of-congressmen-is-their-timidity-they/)

[Rutherford B. Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutherford-b-hayes/)

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> [The majority of the men of the North, and of the South and East and West, are not men of principle. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-majority-of-the-men-of-the-north-and-of-the-south-and-east-and/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [I don't think that Saddam Hussein is deliberately starving his own people. I would think that a man who gets 99 percent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-farrakhan/i-don-t-think-that-saddam-hussein-is-deliberately-starving-his-own/)

[Louis Farrakhan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-farrakhan/)

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> [It is alleged by men of loose principles , or defective views of the subject, that religion and morality are not necessary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noah-webster/it-is-alleged-by-men-of-loose-principles-or-defective-views-of-the/)

[Noah Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noah-webster/)

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> [Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind; Though fraught with all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-goldsmith/who-born-for-the-universe-narrow-d-his-mind-and-to-party-gave-up-what/)

[Oliver Goldsmith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-goldsmith/)

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> [That Republicans now control the Senate means, of course, that they control the confirmation process. Their majority enables them to stop an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-eastland/that-republicans-now-control-the-senate-means-of-course-that-they/)

[Terry Eastland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-eastland/)

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> [One of the things I really learned from my first term is the importance of focusing. In that sense, it is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-maffei/one-of-the-things-i-really-learned-from-my-first-term-is-the/)

[Dan Maffei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-maffei/)

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> [I like to imagine, as a thought experiment, the day, perhaps not too far off, when a Republican president nominates a Supreme…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-perlstein/i-like-to-imagine-as-a-thought-experiment-the-day-perhaps-not-too-far/)

[Rick Perlstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-perlstein/)

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> [People who are disenfranchised politically and people who are poor often don't vote. They often don't elect politicians, so the politicians who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-carol-oates/people-who-are-disenfranchised-politically-and-people-who-are-poor/)

[Joyce Carol Oates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-carol-oates/)

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> [The Democratic line is that the Republican House does nothing but block and oppose. In fact, it has passed hundreds of bills…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/the-democratic-line-is-that-the-republican-house-does-nothing-but/)

[Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/)

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> [Campaigns fail if they waste resources courting voters who are unpersuadable or already persuaded. Their most urgent task is to find and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-surowiecki/campaigns-fail-if-they-waste-resources-courting-voters-who-are/)

[James Surowiecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-surowiecki/)

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> [It's often considered elitist to say that well maybe voters are uninformed and that they should know more before they cast their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-brennan/it-s-often-considered-elitist-to-say-that-well-maybe-voters-are/)

[Jason Brennan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-brennan/)

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                        "text": "Democracy, or \"majority rules,\" is another trick of our society to force us to do things we don't want to do. Even if we actually lived in a pure democracy (and the system we do live in is not even close), where everyone got a single vote on every subject, forcing the minority to obey the majority is no different to one man, if he had the power, forcing everyone else to do what he wanted them to-simply because he could.",
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                        "text": "American democracy is supposed to be the paradigm for the rest of the world, and it no longer is. Citizens cannot be guaranteed that they can walk into a voting booth with any assurance that their vote will be counted.",
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                        "text": "Donald Trump winning the electoral vote - I don't even want to say he won the election because Hillary Clinton won the popular vote - I don't think legitimizes reality TV, but I think reality TV legitimized Trump.",
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