Voting Quotes

543 quotes by 390 authors

Indeed, when all parties campaign effectively the overall effect is to push up voting rates, as you see in tight marginal seats or close general… — Lucy Powell
Republicans have been accused of abandoning the poor. It's the other way around. They never vote for us. — Dan Quayle
Votes are like trees, if you are trying to build a forest. If you have more trees than you have forests, then at that point… — Dan Quayle
Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function… — Ayn Rand
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was indeed a vital instrument of democracy, ensuring the integrity and reliability of a democratic process that we as… — Charles Rangel
No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life… — Ronald Reagan
When New Labour came to power, we got a Right-wing Conservative government. I came to realise that voting Labour wasn't in Scotland's interests any more.… — Jimmy Reid
Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on… — Will Rogers
Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user. — Theodore Roosevelt
As people do better, they start voting like Republicans - unless they have too much education and vote Democratic, which proves there can be too… — Karl Rove
Voting is the expression of our commitment to ourselves, one another, this country and this world. — Sharon Salzberg
Voting is like alchemy - taking an abstract value and breathing life into it. — Sharon Salzberg
Votes should be weighed not counted. — Friedrich Schiller
The ballot is stronger than bullets. — Joseph A. Schumpeter
I think it's very clear that the American people are frustrated with this move toward socialism. And so whether you're back or white, if you… — Tim Scott
From 1965 to 1967, my dad, Jack Gilligan, served in Congress and helped pass landmark laws like the Voting Rights Act. — Kathleen Sebelius
Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. — George Bernard Shaw
Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote. — William E. Simon

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