Voting Quotes

543 quotes by 390 authors

I will step outside the system. Voting for the â€œlesser evilâ€-or failing to vote at all-is part of the corporate agenda to crush what is… — Chris Hedges
Unless they can pass the same test that immigrants must pass to become citizens, people shouldnt be allowed to vote. The idea that there is… — Charley Reese
Voters replaced Democratic senators with Republicans in Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, North Carolina, Montana, South Dakota, West Virginia, and likely in Alaska, and appear on track… — Byron York
That conclusion is inescapable, given the well-established evidence that voter-ID laws don't disenfranchise minorities or reduce minority voting, and in many instances enhance it, despite… — Edwin Meese
The relations which exist between man and his Maker, and the duties resulting from those relations, are the most interesting and important to every human… — Thomas Jefferson
The executive, in our government is not the sole, it is scarcely the principle, object of my jealousy. The tyranny of the legislature is the… — Thomas Jefferson
If men of wisdom and knowledge, of moderation and temperance, of patience, fortitude and perseverance, of sobriety and true republican simplicity of manners, of zeal… — Samuel Adams
I know some say, let us have good laws, and no matter for the men that execute them: but let them consider, that though good… — Patrick Henry
If the public are bound to yield obedience to laws to which they cannot give their approbation, they are slaves to those who make such… — Samuel Adams
It gives me real concern to observe ... that you should think it necessary to distinguish between my personal and public character, and confine your… — George Washington
As you sometimes swear by him that made you, I conclude your sentiments do not correspond with his, in that which is the basis of… — Alexander Hamilton
Good and wise men, in all ages, have embraced a very dissimilar theory. They have supposed that the deity, from the relations we stand in… — Alexander Hamilton
I firmly believe this ... that without His concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better, than the builders of Babel: We… — Benjamin Franklin
In offering to you, my countrymen, these counsels of an old and affectionate friend, I dare not hope they will make the strong and lasting… — George Washington
Thank God! we are in the full enjoyment of all these privileges. But can we be taught to prize them too much? or how can… — Benjamin Franklin
Since they are our right, let us be vigilant to preserve them uninfringed, and free from encroachments. If animosities arise, and we should be obliged… — Benjamin Franklin
Though, when a people shall have become incapable of governing themselves and fit for a master, it is of little consequence from what quarter he… — George Washington
That the foundation of our national policy should be laid in private morality. If individuals be not influenced by moral principles, it is in vain… — James Madison
There is a degree of depravity in mankind which requires a certain degree of circumspection and distrust. — James Madison
The spirit of 1776 is not dead. It has only been slumbering. The body of the American people is substantially republican. But their virtuous feelings… — Thomas Jefferson

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