Voting Quotes - Page 24

• Voting is not an act of political freedom. It is an act of political conformity. Those who refuse to vote are not expressing silence. They are screaming in the politician's ear: 'You do not represent me. This is not a process in which my voice matters. I do not believe you.'

  Wendy McElroy

  Believe, Voice, Silence

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• Voting is the foundation stone for political action.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Political, Foundation, Stones

  Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1968). “I Have a Dream: The Quotations of Martin Luther King, Jr”

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• If voting could actually change anything, it would be illegal.

  Noam Chomsky

  Would Be, Illegal, Ifs

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• A majority vote is not an epistemological validation of an idea. Voting is merely a proper political device--within a strictly, constitutionall y delimited sphere of action--for choosing the practical means of implementing a society’s basic principles. But those principles are not determined by vote.

  Ayn Rand

  Mean, Validation, Ideas

  Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.522, Penguin

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• Gay people who want to marry have no desire to redefine marriage in any way. When women got the right to vote, it did not redefine voting.

  Cynthia Nixon

  Gay, People, Desire

  "Our Coverage of New York Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage" by Samantha Henig, www.newyorker.com. June 25, 2011.

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• I always stand out by the voting lines on Election Day, and I can't tell you how many people say, 'I've never voted for a Democrat in my life, but I'm splitting my ticket for you.' They're more engaged and thoughtful than we give them credit for.

  Wendy Davis

  Thoughtful, People, Giving

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• I love voting day. I love the sight of my fellow citizens lining up to make their voices heard.

  Beth Broderick

  Sight, Voice, Citizens

  "Hate Takes A Holiday" by Beth Broderick, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 4, 2008.

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• This is nothing new. We saw this with the Social Security Act, the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Right Act - constitutional challenges were brought to all three of these monumental pieces of legislation.

  Stephanie Cutter

  Rights, Childhood, Challenges

  "Settled Law is on Side of Health Reform" by Stephanie Cutter, www.realclearpolitics.com. August 03, 2010.

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• Any attempts by any government to change Community legislation to its own wishes are doomed to failure following the extension of policy areas now subject to majority voting... In our opinion, this must have serious implications for the traditional view of Parliament as a legislative body sovereignty.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Government, Views, Europe

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• All you need to know is this. You can never go wrong by voting for a bill that fails, or against a bill that passes.

  Bob Dole

  Government, Needs, Bills

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• We will all be better citizens when voting records of our Congressmen are followed as carefully as scores of pro-football games.

  Louise Erickson

  Football, Government, Games

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• The media are a corporate monopoly. They have the same point of view. The two parties are two factions of the business party. Most of the population doesn't even bother voting because it looks meaningless. They're marginalized and properly distracted. At least that's the goal.

  Noam Chomsky

  Party, Views, Media

  Noam Chomsky (2011). “Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda”, p.29, Seven Stories Press

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• I call upon both Republicans and Democrats to work with us to have a national ID card that is free and accessible. President Lyndon Johnson and Martin Luther King recognized was the greatest step for society was that short step into the voting booth. If we are to be true to their courage and conviction, we must make that short step as easy as possible. Surely, if we can land a spaceship on Mars, we can certainly put a voter ID card in the hand of every eligible voter.

  Andrew Young

  Kings, Hands, Land

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• Eventually I foresee voting on the Internet, which will lead to much more direct democracy.

  Dick Gephardt

  Democracy, Internet, Direct

  Twitter post from Nov 07, 2016

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• And that's my message to voters, this isn't about Barack, it's not about person on that ballot -- its about you. And for most of the people we are talking to [blacks], a Democratic ticket is the clear ticket that we should be voting on, regardless of who said what or did this -- that shouldn't even come into the equation.

  Michelle Obama

  Talking, People, Voters

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• In other words, the market is not a weighing machine, on which the value of each issue is recorded by an exact and impersonal mechanism, in accordance with its specific qualities. Rather should we say that the market is a voting machine, whereon countless individuals register choices which are the product partly of reason and partly of emotion.

  Benjamin Graham

  Issues, Choices, Quality

  Benjamin Graham (1962). “Security Analysis: Principles and Technique”

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• As soon as somebody comes out for a politician, especially in Hollywood, when they all go, 'I'm voting for this guy!' – I go, 'That's not who I'm voting for!'

  Kid Rock

  Guy, Hollywood, Politician

  "Kid Rock Jams Out For Mitt Romney" by Amy Bingham, abcnews.go.com. February 28, 2012.

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• You should vote for Neoprene Byzantine in the Hot Hundred, they're really sweet guys and that Moscow song is just wow! Hurry guys voting closes really soon mwah!

  Taylor Swift

  Song, Sweet, Guy

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• As Negro voting increased, Congress got an improved sense of hearing.

  W. E. B. Du Bois

  Hearing, Congress

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• It's time for Congress to act, restore the Voting Rights Act, and take action to prevent voter disenfranchisem ent. As your next Congresswoman, I will stand up to the extremists in the Republican Party to ensure civil rights are protected for everyone.

  Alma Adams

  Party, Rights, Voters

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• Even when the polls are open to all, Negroes have shown themselves too slow to exercise their voting privileges. There must be a concerted effort on the part of Negro leaders to arouse their people from their apathetic indifference.... In the past, apathy was a moral failure. Today, it is a form of moral and political suicide.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Suicide, Exercise, Past

  Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1964). “A Martin Luther King Treasury”

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• You know what? I think the American people are a little pissed, and I think they're pissed at both parties - I think they're really pissed at both parties - and it will be reflected during election time.

  Whoopi Goldberg

  Money, Party, Thinking

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• I vote Democrat because I love the fact that I can now marry whatever I want. I've decided to marry my German Shepherd.

  David Letterman

  Shepherds, Want, Facts

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• Democratic elections alone do not remedy the crisis of confidence in government. Moreover, there is no viable justification for a democratic system in which public participation is limited to voting.

  Beth Simone Noveck

  Government, Election, Democratic

  "Evolving Democracy for the 21st Century" by Beth Simone Noveck, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 18, 2011.

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• Citizenship in the 21st century requires more than paying your taxes and voting and occasionally running for office. That even if you're never in political office, you have political responsibilities. You can make your society stronger and better.

  William J. Clinton

  Running, Responsibility, Office

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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