Quotes by Voting In America, one of our challenges, historically, is that we have very low voting rates, even during presidential elections. Barack Obama presidential voting america What I would advise, what I advised before the election, and what I will continue to advise after the election, is that elections matter; voting matters; organizing matters; being informed on the issues matter. Barack Obama issues voting matter I am sure that every one of my colleagues "Democrat, Republican, and Independent" agrees with that statement. That in the voting booth, every one is equal. Barbara Boxer vote voting independent 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 voting political country I truly believe that before I retire from public office, I'll be voting for a woman for president. Barbara Mikulski voting office believe [President Obama] made so many promises. We thought that he was going to be -- I shouldn't say this at Christmastime -- but the next messiah. Barbara Walters voting leadership reality We are not voting for health care if we do not resolve this language on public funding for abortion - no public funding for abortion. Bart Stupak abortion voting care Thank God! we are in the full enjoyment of all these privileges. But can we be taught to prize them too much? or how can we prize them equal to their value, if we do not know their intrinsic worth, and that they are not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature? Benjamin Franklin voting law men Since they are our right, let us be vigilant to preserve them uninfringed, and free from encroachments. If animosities arise, and we should be obliged to resort to party, let each of us range himself on the side which unfurls the ensigns of public good. Faction will then vanish, which, if not timely suppressed, may overturn the balance, the palladium of liberty, and crush us under its ruins. Benjamin Franklin crush voting party 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 voting choices Is not the very beginning of privilege, monopoly and industrial slavery this erecting of the ballot-box above the individual? Benjamin Tucker slavery privilege voting Voting is merely a labor-saving device for ascertaining on which side force lies and bowing to the inevitable... It is neither more nor less than a paper representative of the bayonet, the bully, and the bullet. Benjamin Tucker bully voting lying I took an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States, and I'm concerned that voting for this [anti-terrorism] legislation fundamentally violates that oath. Bernie Sanders constitution-of-the-united-states voting support I love voting day. I love the sight of my fellow citizens lining up to make their voices heard. Beth Broderick voting voice sight God holds his people responsible for righteousness, not for results. Beth Moore responsible voting people 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 election voting government Anyone who wants to vote probably shouldn't be allowed to vote. Voting is the first step towards zombification - trying to get something without actually working for it. Bill Bonner voting want trying What mostly prevents black people from voting is that drug laws send them to prison, and then they can't vote. Bill Maher voting law people If you let the world roll on the way it's rolling, you're voting for death. I'm not voting for death. Bill Mollison rolling voting world Although our interests as citizens vary, each one is an artery to the heart that pumps life through the body politic, and each is important to the health of democracy. Bill Moyers voting democracy heart «1234567891011»
