Accepting Quote by Mark Shields

I think that Election Day is the closest thing we have to a civic sacrament, when people meet their neighbors at the firehouse or…

— Judy Woodruff

Voting is a civic sacrament.

— Theodore Hesburgh

Voting is a civic sacrament - the highest responsibility we have as Americans.

— Christine Pelosi

It seems to me that actual democracy is where all of us get to participate and it's not just a sort of a blunt…

— Russell Brand

Our elected officials are able to regulate even the most personal aspects of our lives, from the cleanliness of the air we breathe to…

— Maria Rubio

Democracy is not just a question of having a vote. It consists of strengthening each citizen's possibility and capacity to participate in the deliberations…

— Fernando Henrique Cardoso

“People feel bound by democratic elections only when they share a basic bond with most other voters. [...] Democratic elections usually work only within…

— Yuval Noah Harari

Democracy's ceremonial, its feast, it's great function, is the election.

— H. G. Wells

Voting is completely important. People in America think democracy is a given. I think of it as an ecosystem, and what gets in the…

— Henry Rollins

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

— Dmitry Medvedev

In a democracy, supposedly we hold power by what we do at the ballot box, so therefore the more we know about political power…

— Robert Caro

I believe that democracy is about values before it is about voting. These values must be nurtured within society and integrated into the electoral…

— Tzipi Livni