qUOTES ABOUT VOTING & ELECTIONSDemocracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
Franklin D. Roosevelt The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all. John F. Kennedy Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you! Pericles Men and women in my lifetime have died fighting for the right to vote: people like James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, who were murdered while registering black voters in Mississippi in 1964, and Viola Liuzzo, who was murdered by the Ku Klux Klan in 1965 during the Selma march for voting rights. Jeff Greenfield 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 In reality, there is no such thing as not voting: you either vote by voting, or you vote by staying home and tacitly doubling the value of some Diehard's vote. David Foster Wallace Bad officials are the ones elected by good citizens who do not vote. George Jean Nathan This right to vote is the basic right without which all others are meaningless. It gives people, people as individuals, control over their own destinies. Lyndon B. Johnson For in a democracy, every citizen, regardless of his interest in politics, "hold office"; every one of us is in a position of responsibility; and, in the final analysis, the kind of government we get depends upon how we fulfill those responsibilities. We, the people, are the boss, and we will get the kind of political leadership, be it good or bad, that we demand and deserve. John F. Kennedy Not voting is one of the worst things that could happen in our community. You can vote for whoever you want to, but choosing not to vote spits in the face of our ancestors who fought for our right to vote. Otis Moss III Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote...that he is executing one of the most solemn trusts in human society for which he is accountable to God and his country. Samuel Adams Democracy is not just the right to vote, it is the right to live in dignity. Naomi Klein American youth attributes much more importance to arriving at driver's license age than at voting age. Marshall McLuhan |
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