Vote Quotes - Page 20

• Looking at voter behavior over the years I'm always interested to see and impressed to see how voters eventually find the key issues that matter to them to cast their vote.

  Steven J. Law

  Keys, Years, Issues

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• America pays its bills. It always has. It always will. The fact that Washington is now debating whether to honor its debts and obligations, then, should come as a surprise. But playing political football with a necessary vote to raise the nation's debt ceiling has become as predictable as a Twitter rant from Charlie Sheen.

  Peter Welch

  Football, America, Political

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• Joe Lieberman may be Moses on the stump, but when it comes to policies and votes, he boogies with the Golden Calf.

  Don Feder

  May, Golden, Corruption

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• Democracy is more dangerous than fire. Fire can't vote itself immune to water.

  Michael Z. Williamson

  Fire, Water, Democracy

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• Nine years ago on September 14, 2001, I placed the lone vote against the 'Authorization for Use of Military Force' - an authorization that I knew would provide a blank check to wage war anywhere, at any time, and for any length.

  Barbara Lee

  Military, War, Years

  "Afghanistan War Review Conclusions Misguided" by Barbara Lee, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 16, 2010.

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• I don't trade my vote for money.

  Bob Packwood

  Trade

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• At its most basic the democratic contract is a simple one: the right to vote comes with a responsibility to society, through tax payments and citizenship.

  Lucy Powell

  Responsibility, Simple, Citizenship

  "Giving the vote to 16-year-olds is a question of democracy" by Lucy Powell, www.theguardian.com. August 1, 2008.

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• I thank all of those deputies who supported the government and gave it a vote of confidence. I believe each of those votes represents a responsible decision to avoid placing our country's membership of the eurozone in danger.

  Lucas Papademos

  Country, Believe, Government

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• At the end of the day, money is just a proxy for votes. That is what makes politics so vulnerable to social media.

  Sean Parker

  Media, The End Of The Day, Vulnerable

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• I can't tell anyone to vote.

  David A. Siegel

  I Can

  "Construction resumes on nation's largest home: Florida couple's 'Versailles'" by Scott Stump, www.today.com. February 22, 2013.

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• A lot of people in 2008 voted for Obama. I did not vote for him. I voted for a third party. But I believed in Obama's promises.

  Edward Snowden

  Party, People, Promise

  "Edward Snowden, NSA files source: 'If they want to get you, in time they will'". Interview with Glenn Greenwald and Ewen MacAskill, www.theguardian.com. June 10, 2013.

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• To make it hard, to make it difficult almost impossible for people to cast a vote is not in keeping with the democratic process.

  John Lewis

  People, Impossible, Process

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• 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 votes during the early voting process.

  John Lewis

  Mean, Past, Ohio

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• I don't vote. I don't do no voting.

  Kendrick Lamar

  Voting

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My guess is more reporters probably vote Democrat than Republican - just because I think reporters are smart.

  Jerry Springer

  Smart, Thinking, Republican

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• The fact is, I can vote for anybody; independents, Republicans, Democrats. But I'm a registered Democrat in the District of Columbia.

  Ron Suskind

  Facts, Republican, Columbia

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• I'm not a rubber stamp, and people know that. If you can convince me of the merits, you will have my vote every time.

  Fred Upton

  People, Rubber, Merit

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• You can't just trot out a brown face or a Spanish surname and expect people are going to vote for your party or your candidate.

  Antonio Villaraigosa

  Party, People, Faces

  "DNC Chair: Democrats Will 'Set The Record Straight'". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. September 4, 2012.

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• If you're going to vote on a television contract, there is a certain rationality to saying that the same structures that are applied to Health Plan participation should be placed on the right to vote on a strike.

  Dick Wolf

  Television, Structure, Should

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• You have to deal with the reality that in the political process, people are going to vote based on what they're hearing from their constituents and others.

  Marco Rubio

  Reality, People, Political

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• Our oil-based society depends on non-renewable resources. It requires relentless probing into vast reaches of pristine land, sacrificing vital bioregions, and irreplaceable cultures. The possibility of catastrophic climate change is substantially increased by the 40 million barrels of oil burned every day by vehicles. We must all move shoulder to shoulder in a unified front to show this administration that the true majority of people are willing to vote for a cleaner environment and won't back down.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Moving, Sacrifice, Land

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• Today, I will vote in support of the Marriage Protection Amendment. I shall do so because like President Bush, I strongly believe that marriage should be between a man and a woman.

  Nick Lampson

  Believe, Men, Support

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• But I'm not trying to convince anybody how to vote or how to live. Nobody's ever successfully accused me of being realistic.

  Frank Miller

  Being Real, Trying, Realistic

  "Black and white and bloody" by Steve Rose, www.theguardian.com. May 26, 2005.

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• Historically, the minority party in Congress votes against raising the debt limit, forcing the majority party to whip its members into casting politically painful votes in favor.

  Peter Welch

  Party, Favors, Casting

  "Playing chicken with U.S. economy". www.politico.com. March 17, 2011.

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• Young people today seem to be coming around to the idea it really doesn’t matter which politician or political party you vote for; and they’re catching on that it doesn’t even matter if you don’t vote because they have realized modern elections are just a way for the 1% to appease the 99% – a way to keep the masses in line by making them believe they’ve had their say, thereby perpetuating the lie that democracy continues.

  James Morcan

  Lying, Party, Believe

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