“A politician often uses an example or analogy as an attempt to make us forget the question he or she is supposedly… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Personally, I'm not a Republican, and I'm not a Democrat. People need to stop focusing on becoming part of a party and… — Booker T Copy Share Image
American voting districts are, across a lot of the country, deeply messed up by having been gerrymandered by right-wing politicians. — Timothy Morton Copy Share Image
Once you hit 40, being in a band - a committee voting constantly on what you're going to be doing next month… — Dean Wareham Copy Share Image
“[T]he vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
How do we say, why do you keep voting for people who are giving more tax breaks to billionaires, who are going… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
In Selma, Alabama, in 1965, only 2.1 percent of blacks of voting age were registered to vote. The only place you could… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
Nothing so strongly impels a man to regard the interest of his constituents, as the certainty of returning to the general mass… — George Mason Copy Share Image
During the Great Depression African Americans understood that Republicans championed citizenship and voting rights, but they became impatient for economic emancipation. — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
This is the beauty of the democratic process: it permits that subjective view of justice - which everyone holds - permits that… — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
I don't believe that people vote for President based on spouses. I don't even think they vote much based on vice presidents… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
When Congress votes for all sorts of benefits, without voting for enough taxes to pay for them, they get the support of… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Her nomination for vice president in 2008 represents the most desperate inclinations of the Republican Party. In two hundred years, I suspect… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Voting, the be all and end all of modern democratic politicians, has become a farce, if indeed it was ever anything else.… — Robert Higgs Copy Share Image
I get most of my reviews through e-mail, and then I go and read it and go on message boards to check… — Uwe Boll Copy Share Image
Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people.… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Common sense should tell us that reading is the ultimate weapon--destroying ignorance, poverty and despair before they can destroyus. A nation that… — Jim Trelease Copy Share Image
As an artist your first loyalty is to your art. Unless this is the case, you're going to be a second-rate artist.… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
America is the promised land, because each generation bequeathed to its children a promise, a promise that they might not come to… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
There's an enormous difference between voting for a candidate because you hate another ethnic group and voting for a candidate because he's… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
The demands of the Civil Rights era weren't limited to voting rights - they strove for an end to segregation in all… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
“Have you ever stopped to ponder the amount of blood spilt, the volume of tears shed, the degree of pain and anguish… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
Right, sure. Because there's no girls in politics! I have no interest. Voting? What? I forgot my apron. I think I ought… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
I think the American people deserve to have the issues debated, regardless of which side they're on, so that they are fully… — Dan Coats Copy Share Image
If Hillary can't win the nomination - and it's clearly very, very hard for her - she's basically a stalking horse for… — Rich Lowry Copy Share Image
Not for nothing that [Donald] Trump, who himself has had some high unfavorable ratings, distrusted by a significant amount of the population… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
When I'm crossing the street, I look both ways and I process the information rationally because if I make a mistake I… — Jason Brennan Copy Share Image
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was indeed a vital instrument of democracy, ensuring the integrity and reliability of a democratic process… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It gives me real concern to observe ... that you should think it necessary to distinguish between my personal and public character,… — George Washington Copy Share Image
What's sad is that we can have a reality-television performer for president without incorporating the other aspects of reality television - like… — Wyatt Cenac Copy Share Image
Maryland first allowed early voting during the 2010 primary elections. In November 2012, more than 16 percent of registered voters in Maryland… — Martin O'Malley Copy Share Image
I took an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States, and I'm concerned that voting for this [anti-terrorism]… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
The academy which boasts of 6,000 to 8,000 voting members are most likely to get swayed by the national mood in the… — Vetrimaaran Copy Share Image
The biggest hurdle that our communities have is cynicism - saying it's a done deal, who cares; there's no point to voting.… — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share Image
Racial discrimination in elections in Texas is no mere historical artifact. To the contrary, Texas has been found in violation of the… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
I'm not a politician, I'm not in Congress. You know what I mean? I'm just a black girl that makes YouTube videos… — Candace Owens Copy Share Image
Are people who want this kind of progressive change not turning up at polling stations? Are they not voting for progressive representatives?… — Scarlett Johansson Copy Share Image
Tony Blair faced a massive defection from his own party ranks during voting around the intervention in Iraq. For our present purpose,… — Stockwell Day Copy Share Image
Despite allegations by liberal advocacy groups that voter suppression tactics by the right hindered minority voting, blacks represented 13 percent of the… — Elizabeth Flock Copy Share Image