Voting Quotes

543 quotes by 390 authors

It's time for Congress to act, restore the Voting Rights Act, and take action to prevent voter disenfranchisem ent. As your next Congresswoman, I will… — Alma Adams
Even when the polls are open to all, Negroes have shown themselves too slow to exercise their voting privileges. There must be a concerted effort… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
President Lyndon Johnson's high spirits were marked as he circulated among the many guests whom he had invited to witness an event he confidently felt… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
People have been voting to choose their leader but their votes were never allowed to COUNT, I will not allow the choice of the people… — Muhammadu Buhari
I say a vote for the Democrats or Republicans is the ONLY wasted vote.... By buying into the rhetoric that there are only two parties… — Carla Howell
I'm a Democrat voting for Bush, even though on economic issues, from taxes to government regulation, I'm not happy with the Republican positions. But we're… — Orson Scott Card
To take away (voting) is to reduce a man to slavery. — Thomas Paine
A new survey shows that the American public is more conservative now than at any point since 1952. The bad news is that all the… — Fred Thompson
The Liberal Party of Canada, heading into an election, at the last minute they always stand up and they say: We know there's people out… — Rick Mercer
I believe I have demonstrated that the voters are characteristically ill-informed when voting on reducing social costs. Furthermore, their primary concern is with wealth transferred… — Gordon Tullock
There are more Negroes in jail with me than there are on the voting rolls. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
A man without a vote is in this land like a man without a hand. — Henry Ward Beecher
At the bottom of all the tributes paid to democracy is the little man, walking into the little booth, with a little pencil, making a… — Winston Churchill
The apathy of the modern voter is the confusion of the modern reformer. — Learned Hand
Change arises from conviction. Stop voting in fear. Start voting for hope. — George Monbiot
I'm so insane, I voted for Eisenhower. Oh yeah, well I'm so insane, I voted for Eisenhower TWICE! — Ken Kesey
Disfranchisement is the deliberate theft and robbery of the only protection of poor against rich and black against white. — W. E. B. Du Bois
Historically, the responsibility for voting on the debt limit has gone to the party in the majority. — Jacob Lew
Young people need to vote. They need to get out there. Every vote counts. Educate yourself too. Don't just vote. Know what you're voting for,… — Nikki Reed
In the past the great majority of minority voters, in Ohio and other places that means African American voters, cast a large percentage of their… — John Lewis

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