Voting Quotes

543 quotes by 390 authors

Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong. — Richard Armour
The object is very clear in the fight against racism; you have reasons why you're opposed to it. But when you're writing a novel, you… — Margaret Atwood
I'm a registered Independent. But my brother says it's obvious that I'm a Republican sympathizer. Once I get in the voting booth, it doesn't matter. — Stephen Baldwin
Widespread use of online voting will create the potential for abuse that will make the problems inherent in e-voting pale in comparison. — Bob Barr
I had the good fortune to be able to right an injustice that I thought was being heaped on young people by lowering the voting… — Birch Bayh
Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost. — John Quincy Adams
Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer… — Wendell Berry
I'm totally down with insurrection in the street. I've had a great time with that over the years. Insurrection in the voting booth is the… — Jello Biafra
Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country. — Ambrose Bierce
Suffrage, noun. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot. The right of suffrage (which is held to be both a privilege and a duty)… — Ambrose Bierce
In my lifetime, we've gone from Eisenhower to George W. Bush. We've gone from John F. Kennedy to Al Gore. If this is evolution, I… — Lewis Black
Free speech is meant to protect unpopular speech. Popular speech, by definition, needs no protection. — Neal Boortz
Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. — James Bovard
The more that voting is glorified as a panacea, the more lackadaisical people become about preserving their constitutional rights. — James Bovard
Every citizen of this country should be guaranteed that their vote matters, that their vote is counted, and that in the voting booth, their vote… — Barbara Boxer
I am sure that every one of my colleagues - Democrat, Republican, and Independent - agrees with that statement. That in the voting booth, every… — Barbara Boxer
The most important political office is that of the private citizen. — Louis D. Brandeis
One thing I want to do is create something called Ring Around Congress. It would be a state deal and also a national thing, where… — Jeff Bridges
The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't… — Charles Bukowski
The voting booth joint is a great leveler; the whole neighborhood - rich, poor, old, young, decrepit and spunky - they all turn out in… — David Byrne

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