Voting Quotes · Page 21

It was the biggest suppression of voting rights in our country's history since Jim Crow. And the thread of race runs from…

— Sidney Blumenthal

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

— John F. Kennedy

The recession is everywhere. We need to be heard. Wouldn't it be great if there could be more referendums so we could…

— Joss Stone

The country is split. There are - more people voting for Hillary Clinton than Donald Trump, but he's the president.

— John S. Dickerson

I'm going to be voting for Donald Trump. I'm going to do everything I can to make sure he wins.

— Ron Johnson

The Republican-controlled House voted to repeal the healthcare bill. If that goes well, they'll see what they can do about this whole…

— Conan O'Brien

Protest is the traditional way that Hong Kongers, who do not have full voting rights, express discontent.

— Zeynep Tufekci

“If exercising the right to vote were truly effective, the government would not be so eager to promote it.”

— Andrew P. Napolitano

I think the people should demand accountability on the voting. I think there's no point in voting if you're not gonna demand…

— Aaron McGruder

All over this country you have progressive communities like Madison and Burlington, but we've got to go well, well, well outside of…

— Bernie Sanders

I am not naive enough to believe that voting is the only way to bring about transformational change, just as I know…

— DeRay Mckesson

Let the people decide whom to vote for, who has more authority. And only people, only our citizens, are able to place…

— Dmitry Medvedev

I think we're all enmeshed in this political system that is devoted to controlling reproduction. You didn't invent it; I didn't invent…

— Gloria Steinem

Since 2000, Republican policies have suppressed Democratic voting; since 2010, Republican gerrymandering has given the Republicans a heavy systematic advantage in Congress;…

— Heather Cox Richardson

It's absolutely absurd to even consider voting on Sunday alcohol sales. I am opposed to alcohol period. It doesn't do anybody any…

— John Hunter

Voting in our country has never been easy, and unfortunately, it has never been guaranteed for everyone. But through the work of…

— Jason Kander

There is a lack of interest in voting in the United States, and that troubles me. It is very necessary that people…

— Rosa Parks

Voting in this country has essentially been relegated to a very fledging group of election officials, who receive no training and operate…

— DeForest Soaries

I call upon both Republicans and Democrats to work with us to have a national ID card that is free and accessible.…

— Andrew Young

We are bound to maintain public liberty, and, by the example of our own systems, to convince the world that order and…

— Daniel Webster

Despite the insanity of using whether you would want to have a beer with someone as a legitimate reason for voting for…

— Michael Schur

The worst thing you can do is to turn over your life to a political party that simply is going to use…

— Rush Limbaugh

Touch-screen voting machines absolutely cannot be relied upon. Our recommendation was optiscan ballots - where you actually have custody of the actual…

— Howard Dean

Toward the end of the campaign, we interviewed some voters in Raleigh, N.C., which is a generally Democratic city, and I'm thinking…

— Steve Inskeep

Eventually I foresee voting on the Internet, which will lead to much more direct democracy.

— Dick Gephardt

There is a degree of depravity in mankind which requires a certain degree of circumspection and distrust.

— James Madison

If voting wasn't important, why would they be spending so much time and so much energy trying to stop you from doing…

— Andrew Aydin

Smoking cigarettes seems to alarm peace activists much more than voting for Reagan does.

— P. J. O'Rourke

“In the next election, I'm voting for your mom to be the next God,” Tony says when I pick up the phone.”

— David Levithan

Government can do something for the people only in proportion as it can do something to the people.

— Thomas Jefferson

Low oil prices played a part in a major move by Congress voting to end the 40-year-old ban on exporting American crude…

— Ari Shapiro

Nobody would say, 'I'm voting for this guy because he's got the stronger chin,' but that, in fact, is partly what happens.

— Daniel Kahneman

I was guided by Allah (God) to give a yardstick to the voting public, particularly Black people as to what will set…

— Louis Farrakhan

I won't be voting for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton either, both are too flawed in my opinion to be allowed near…

— Christopher Michael Cillizza

Something has gone wrong with Ronnie... He wasn't like that before. I don't know what went wrong with him.

— Jacob Zuma

Spaniards have always shown great maturity and great common sense when it comes to voting.

— Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

Whatever changes a common man wants to bring in the country, he can bring it through the process of voting.

— Pankaj Tripathi

I think we should keep voting, I think we should keep supporting things that we believe in. I don't think we ought…

— Charlie Daniels

There's really no point to voting. If it made any difference, it would probably be illegal.

— H. L. Mencken

Now there is a growing feeling, it's something that David Cameron led on actually, he said this some time ago, that MPs…

— Theresa May