Voting Quotes - Page 34

• Donald Trump has been about we, the people. I just wanted to counter that sound bite because that's part of the problem, bad sound bites. He's been about we the people. If he were just about Donald Trump, you wouldn't have had 14 million people voting for him.

  Herman Cain

  People, Sound, Problem

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• I think almost everything important that's ever happened was unimaginable shortly before it happened. Good things and bad things: ending slavery, ending child labor, women voting, etc.

  David Swanson

  Children, Thinking, Important

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• I think people that are, you know, voting in the blind are doing a disservice to America by not being better informed.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Thinking, America, People

  "Abdul-Jabbar Admires Athletes Who Make An Activist Statement". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, kuow.org. September 2, 2016.

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• There's a long history of saying certain people shouldn't be voting. And, unfortunately, the people who are often left out of these conversations are people who are black and brown.

  Marc Lamont Hill

  Long, People, Black

  "Professor Weighs In On Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's Uninformed Voter Comment". Interview with Steve Inskeep, wksu.org. September 6, 2016.

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• Part of the narrative which is sort of supported by the data is that Trump voters are the least educated, and they're voting for Trump out of white solidarity or out of frustration that they're, quote, unquote, "losing their country". And my concern with that is that it sort of reduces the condition of the Trump voter to one of pure ignorance. And I think it's far more complicated.

  Marc Lamont Hill

  Country, Ignorance, Frustration

  "Professor Weighs In On Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's Uninformed Voter Comment". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. September 6, 2016.

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• Active people to revitalize what is really the root of democracy: citizens communicating with each other. Democracy is not just about voting, it's about citizens talking with each other about the issues which concern them. We've lost a great deal of that in the age of the mass media.

  Howard Rheingold

  Media, Talking, Roots

  Source: scottlondon.com

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• I have a friend who says a beautiful painting can cure headaches, but I want it to cure a little bit more! I want it to cure the society of voting for Donald Trump.

  Pat Steir

  Beautiful, Want, Littles

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• One way of looking at Impossibility Theorem is that we proposed some criteria for what a good system should be: what is it you want from a voting system, and impose some conditions. And then ask: can you have a voting system that guarantees that?

  Kenneth Arrow

  Guarantees That, Want, Way

  Source: electology.org

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• In my [Impossibility] theorem I'm assuming that the information is a ranking. Each voter can say of any two candidates, I prefer this one to this one. So then we have essentially a ranking. It's a list saying this is my first choice. This is my second choice. Each voter, in principle, could be asked to give that entire piece of information. In the ordinary Plurality Voting, say as used in electing Congressmen, we generally only ask for the first choice. But, in principle, we could ask for more choices.

  Kenneth Arrow

  Two, Giving, Choices

  Source: electology.org

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• It is preposterous to believe that the Russians had any effect on the outcome of voting in America. It's absurd. There is no evidence.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Believe, America, Outcomes

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• The Russians could not have had any impact whatsoever on voting in America, either how they were cast or how they were counted.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Impact, America, Casts

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• The people of America are tired of voting based on what candidates have told them they're gonna do, and nothing ever changes.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Tired, America, People

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• I try to treat all my fans as if they're the stars, and make them feel as important as they make me feel. A lot of times I'll pull them on stage to help me sing songs. I wouldn't have my house, my fame or my career without them voting for me and appreciating this talent that God blessed me with. I just want to share it every day.

  Landau Eugene Murphy Jr.

  Song, Stars, Blessed

  Source: abilitymagazine.com

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• A Democratic strategy firm is trying to help them out. They did a new poll from - it`s a global strategy group. And they did a poll of both base Democrats and swing voting Democrats, trying to determine how to best harness this energy [ of leftist anger]. And maybe more importantly, how to message it.

  Chuck Todd

  Swings, Trying, Messages

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• One of our biggest problems in terms of effectiveness is that we have hopes, but our opposition has interests. We measure everything against our hopes, including politicians that we are voting for or choosing amongst. We don't measure up to our hopes ourselves. How can we expect anybody else to?

  Gloria Steinem

  Effectiveness, Problem, Politician

  Source: muse.jhu.edu

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• Voting is the expression of our commitment to ourselves, one another, this country and this world.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Country, Commitment, Expression

  FaceBook post by Sharon Salzberg from Apr 06, 2016

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• Perhaps we could revisit the issue of World Cup Host selection for 2018/2022 as some countries feel, and we did say, they are more suitable. Russia was the only high risk location for 2018 and racial chanting is rife there but a Mr. R. Abramovich paid a significant fee to fund the voting proceedings and, not to be discriminatory, we would have to see the same thing from any England/Spain representatives wishing to have another vote.

  Sepp Blatter

  Country, Issues, Russia

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• When a government becomes powerful it is destructive, extravagant and violent; it is an usurer which takes bread from innocent mouths and deprives honorable men of their substance, for votes with which to perpetuate itself.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Powerful, Men, Honorable Man

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• Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to eat for lunch.

  Unknown

  Freedom, Two, Lunch

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• The next time they give you all that civic bullshit about voting, keep in mind that Hitler was elected in a full, free democratic election

  George Carlin

  Bullshit, Giving, Mind

  George Carlin (2002). “Napalm & Silly Putty”, Hyperion

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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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• When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Evil, Principles, Tyranny Founding Fathers

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• Democracy is four wolves and a sheep voting on dinner.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Truth, Freedom, Knowledge

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• I have a very, very hard time voting for Mrs. [Hillary] Clinton.

  Bret Stephens

  Hard Times, Clinton, Hard

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• I have a tremendous fan base. I know we have a tremendous base, we have the most incredible people. But I just don`t have any interest in that. I have one interest, and that`s on November 8th. And frankly, right now, some people are voting right now.

  Donald Trump

  People, Fans, November

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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