Quotes by Voting Democracy is not just voting for your leaders; it's really premised upon ordinary citizens understanding the issues. Howard Rheingold issues voting leader But the indisputable fact is, a huge percentage of Obama's voters are basically wards of the state. There are millions of them, and they have no intention of voting for anyone who might want them to ever go out and work for a living - 'no matter what. Howie Carr voting want might Voting is easy and marginally useful, but it is a poor substitute for democracy, which requires direct action by concerned citizens. Howard Zinn direct-action voting democracy Richard Nixon was not the lesser evil, he was the greater evil, but in his administration the war was finally brought to an end, because he had to deal with the power of the anti-war movement as well as the power of the Vietnamese movement. I will vote, but always with a caution that voting is not crucial, and organizing is the important thing. Howard Zinn voting evil war Touch-screen voting machines absolutely cannot be relied upon. Our recommendation was optiscan ballots - where you actually have custody of the actual ballots after the ballots have been passed through the computer. That's the most reliable system to use. And people should not use the electronic voting machines. Even electronic voting machines with paper trails can be manipulated. Howard Dean computer voting people When some people ask me about voting, they would say will you support this candidate or that candidate? I say: "I will support this candidate for one minute that I am in the voting booth. At that moment I will support A versus B, but before I am going to the voting booth, and after I leave the voting booth, I am going to concentrate on organizing people and not organizing electoral campaign." Howard Zinn voting support people All we have to do is get out and vote, while it's still legal, and we will wash those crooked warmongers out of the White House. Hunter S. Thompson voting white house Going green doesn’t start with doing green acts - it starts with a shift in consciousness. This shift allows you to recognize that with every choice you make, you are voting either for or against the kind of world you wish to see... When you assume this as a way of being, your choices become easier. Using a reusable water bottle, recycling and making conscious daily consumer choices are just a few of the ways our incredible cast is green. Ian Somerhalder water-bottles voting choices All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and wrong, with moral questions; and betting naturally accompanies it. The character of the voters is not staked. I cast my vote, perchance, as I think right; but I am not vitally concerned that right should prevail. I am willing to leave it to the majority. Henry David Thoreau voting character thinking Voting for the right is doing nothing for it. Henry David Thoreau civil-disobedience doing-nothing voting By the standards of honest, if unorthodox, accounting, government workers don't pay taxes, but are paid out of taxes. In other words, they pay taxes out of money confiscated from taxpayers, who, in turn, pay taxes twice: on their own income and on the income of members of the bureaucracy. At the very least, this should disqualify state workers from voting. Ilana Mercer unorthodox voting government As the fans' voting reflected, people want to hear your best-known songs. Ira Kaplan voting song people The woman, in a battle of fists or guns, may not be as great a power as a man; but a woman behind a vote is every bit as useful as a man. Irene Parlby women voting gun A Black man voting for the Republicans makes about as much sense as a chicken voting for Col. Sanders. J. C. Watts voting black men Historically, the responsibility for voting on the debt limit has gone to the party in the majority. Jacob Lew voting party responsibility Something has gone wrong with Ronnie... He wasn't like that before. I don't know what went wrong with him. Jacob Zuma voting gone knows The results will be very good. Jacob Zuma very-good voting results The people are responsible for the character of their Congress. James A. Garfield voting character people Voting is no substitute for the eternal vigilance that every friend of freedom must demonstrate towards government. If our freedom is to survive, Americans must become far better informed of the dangers from Washington -- regardless of who wins the Presidency. James Bovard voting government winning The more that voting is glorified as a panacea, the more lackadaisical people become about preserving their constitutional rights. James Bovard voting rights people «678910111213141516»