Assembly Quote by Walter Bagehot

The fact that a man is to vote forces him to think.

— John Jay Chapman

The massive, frustrated energies of a mainly young, disillusioned electorate that has long since abandoned the idea that we all have a duty to…

— Hunter S. Thompson

There's people on the left who say, the ballot box is a waste of time. Forget them. When Mandela voted for the first time…

— Tony Benn

Although objectively greater demands are placed on this authority, it operates less as a public opinion giving a rational foundation to the exercise of…

— Jurgen Habermas

A single assembly is apt to grow ambitious, and after a time will not hesitate to vote itself perpetual. This was one fault of…

— John Adams

“Your vote; your power! But remember, "in the hands of an incompetent and clueless representative", that power brings nothing but ruins. So vote wisely.”

— Olawale Daniel

To vote is like the payment of a debt, a duty never to be neglected, if its performance is possible.

— Rutherford B. Hayes

It may be conjectured that it is cheaper in the long run to lift men up than to hold them down, and that the…

— James Russell Lowell

The vote gives us the power to hire or fire governments. By not voting you diminish and weaken all of us. You reduce and…

— Jon Danzig

Voting is the foundational act that breathes life into the principle of the consent of the governed.

— DeForest Soaries

You have to be organized, that you have to vote even when it's not exciting.

— Barack Obama

I'm scared of one man, one vote because it suggests that everybody has an equal ability at making decisions, and I think that's dangerous.

— Ray Dalio