Vote Quotes - Page 13

• One-man-one-vote is a most difficult form of government.. Results can be erratic.

  Lee Kuan Yew

  Inspiring, Men, Erratic

  Lee Kuan Yew (2013). “The Wit & Wisdom of Lee Kuan Yew”, p.46, Editions Didier Millet

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• Why not allow patrons to comment on directors' decisions, vote on costume design, listen to dancers' conversations, volunteer to help out in ways beyond just writing a check? They can see themselves as co-producers, not just bystanders.

  Chris Elam

  Writing, Bystanders, Volunteer

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• People who say that only young people voted on the Internet, those who didn't see Pele play, forget that children are not orphans. There's always a father who buys the computer and perhaps influences their vote. I won the people's vote.

  Diego Maradona

  Children, Father, Play

  "Snorting, Smuggling, and Spinning". www.theguardian.com. December 12, 2000.

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• When it comes down to it, I don't have much in the way of advice to offer you, but here it is: Read to children. Vote. And never buy anything from a man who's selling fear.

  Mary Doria Russell

  Children, Men, Advice

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• Rick Perry is the perfect candidate for those who thought George W. Bush was just too dang cerebral. And Adios, Mofo is the perfect guide to his record, his rhetoric and his remarkable hair. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll vote.

  Paul Begala

  Hair, Perfect, Laughing

  "MSNBC Live Brings On 'Adios Mofo' Author to Slam Rick Perry". www.newsbusters.org. June 5, 2015.

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• I'd like to teach Iraq about Democracy because we're so experienced with it. First they should know that after 100 years they should free their slaves. Then after 150 years they should give their women the right to vote. Oh, and of course when they start it all they should begin with some genocide and ethnic cleansing.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Life, Years, Iraq

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• Having yet another vote on refinery legislation that uses high oil prices as an excuse to weaken environmental protections and to give more legislative gifts to the oil industry is misguided in the extreme.

  Sherwood Boehlert

  Oil, Giving, Environmental

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• Being adequately informed is a democratic duty, just as the vote is a democratic right. A misinformed electorate, voting without knowledge, is not a true democracy.

  Jay Griffiths

  Voting, Democracy, Democratic

  "Don't give climate change heretics an easy ride" by Jay Griffiths, www.theguardian.com. August 31, 2012.

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• I have always been a fan of reality by majority vote.

  Stephen Colbert

  Reality, Majority Vote, Fans

  "Don McLeroy, Former Texas Education Board Chair, On The Colbert Report: "I Don’t Think [God] Used Evolution". "The Colbert Report" with Stephen Colbert, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 24, 2012.

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• Sixty-five months into Bush's presidency, conservatives feel betrayed The main cause of conservatives' anger with Bush is this: He talked like a conservative to win our votes but never governed like a conservative.

  Richard Viguerie

  Winning, Betrayed, Months

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• If you have democracy, people will vote for washing machines. They love them.

  Hans Rosling

  Motivation, Inspiration, People

  "The magic washing machine". TED Talk, www.ted.com. December 2010.

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• If any group of citizens is uniquely unqualified to tell someone else how to vote, it's those of us who live in the sheltered, privileged arena of celebrity hood......Trust me, one's view of the world isn't any clearer from the back seat of a limo.

  Pat Sajak

  Views, Interesting, World

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• Those who vote for the ANC will be blessed on earth and heaven

  Jacob Zuma

  Blessed, Heaven, Earth

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• Thou shalt not steal, except by majority vote.

  Gary North

  Majority Vote, Majority, Stealing

  Gary North (1991). “Liberating Planet Earth: An Introduction to Biblical Blueprints”, Dominion Pr

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• Economics, as it is often taught today, portrays us as homo economicus-someone who doesn't vote in presidential elections, doesn't return lost wallets, and doesn't leave tips when dining out of town. Julie Nelson reminds us that most people aren't really like that. She helps point the way to a richer, more descriptive way of thinking about economic life.

  Robert H. Frank

  Thinking, People, Presidential

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• It does not matter if you vote for the left or right, you are not an elephant or donkey. You are a truthful lion who stands only for your conscience.

  Suzy Kassem

  Elephants, Doe, Lions

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• When the women get the vote, we'll spend more money on the children.

  Ernest Poole

  Children, More Money

  Ernest Poole (2015). “His Family”, p.111, Booklassic

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• The political satirist usually votes against their own interests, but the bottom line is that it doesn't really matter.

  Lizz Winstead

  Political, Lines, Matter

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• The women's suffrage movement is only the small edge of the wedge, if we allow women to vote it will mean the loss of social structure and the rise of every liberal cause under the sun. Women are well represented by their fathers, brothers, and husbands.

  Winston Churchill

  Brother, Husband, Father

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• 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 some public benefit in ignoramuses and morons pulling levers next to names on a ballot is one of the evil myths of post-modern America. The purpose of voting, in our country, is to select men and women with the competence and integrity to operate the mechanics of government fixed by our Constitution. For this process to have any public benefit requires that the choices be made on an intelligent, knowledgeable and reasoned basis.

  Charley Reese

  Country, Integrity, Men

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• We go by the major vote, and if the majority are insane, the sane must go to the hospital.

  Horace Mann

  Insane, Majority, Hospitals

  Horace Mann (1867). “Thoughts”, p.184

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• Because many advances have happened, we've lost the urgency (and that's just human nature) that we had before, when we couldn't vote, couldn't use mass transportation, or drink from the fountains.

  Spike Lee

  Use, Human Nature, Drink

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• Anyone who wants to vote probably shouldn't be allowed to vote. Voting is the first step towards zombification - trying to get something without actually working for it.

  Bill Bonner

  Voting, Trying, Want

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• I think if people value democracy, they had damn well better get out and exercise their right to vote while their vote still means something.

  Bob Weir

  Workout, Mean, Exercise

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• Nobody knows because Team Obama has conveniently arranged for you to be kept in the dark on your health insurance costs until after everyone votes next week.

  Hugh Hewitt

  Team, Dark, Next Week

  "How High Will Your Health Insurance Premiums Go In 2015?". townhall.com. October 28, 2014.

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