Elections And Voting

If voting changed anything,

If voting changed anything, they’d make it illegal. Emma Goldman

Nobody will ever deprive

Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting. Franklin D. Roosevelt

Democracy cannot succeed unless

Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education. Franklin D. Roosevelt

Don’t buy a single

Don’t buy a single vote more than necessary. Douglas William Jerrold

Impress upon children the truth that the exercise of the elective franchise is a social duty of as solemn a nature as man can be called to perform; that a man may not innocently trifle with his vote; that every elector is a trustee as well for others as himself and that every measure he … Read more

A citizen of America

A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won’t cross the street to vote in a national election. Bill Vaughan

Vote for the man

Vote for the man who promises least; he’ll be the least disappointing. Bernard Baruch

Every citizen of this

Every citizen of this country should be guaranteed that their vote matters, that their vote is counted, and that in the voting booth, their vote has a much weight as that of any CEO, any member of Congress, or any President. Barbara Boxer

Vote: the instrument and

Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman’s power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country. Ambrose Bierce

A share in the

A share in the sovereignty of the state, which is exercised by the citizens at large, in voting at elections is one of the most important rights of the subject, and in a republic ought to stand foremost in the estimation of the law…That portion of the sovereignty, to which each individual is entitled, can … Read more