Inspirational Voting Quotes

• Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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  The ballot is stronger than the bullet.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Freedom, Democracies Have, Presidential

  Speech, 19 May 1856

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• The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Wall, Powerful, Men

  Johnson, Lyndon B. (1967). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966”, p.842, Best Books on

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• 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

  People, Voting, Way

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1950). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1944-1945, Volume 13”, p.318, Best Books on

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• Bad officials are the ones elected by good citizens who do not vote.

  George Jean Nathan

  Freedom, Democracies Have, Political

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• Those who stay away from the election think that one vote will do no good. 'Tis but one step more to think one vote will do no harm.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Thinking, Political, Voting

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1977). “Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks: 1852-1855”, p.304, Harvard University Press

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• 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

  Country, Political, Voting

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• Voting is a right best exercised by people who have taken time to learn about the issues.

  Tony Snow

  Taken, Issues, People

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• I believe that voting is the first act of building a community as well as building a country.

  John Ensign

  Country, Believe, Community

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  Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.

  John Quincy Adams

  Patriotic, Reflection, Political Will

  "American Prohibition Year Book, Volumes 10-12" (p. 111), 1910.

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• Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.

  William E. Simon

  People, Political, Voting

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• 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

  Independent, Voting, Vote

  Barbara Boxer's statement on her objection to the certification of Ohio's electoral votes, January 6, 2005.

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• Voting is the foundational act that breathes life into the principle of the consent of the governed.

  DeForest Soaries

  Voting, Principles, Breathe

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• If American women would increase their voting turnout by ten percent, I think we would see an end to all of the budget cuts in programs benefiting women and children.

  Coretta Scott King

  Children, Cutting, Thinking

  New Woman, Volume 16, No. 4, p. 20, April 1986.

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• If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal.

  Emma Goldman

  Political, Voting, Nerd

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• You can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for dinner.

  Larry Flynt

  Niece, Sheep, Majority Rule

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• Voting is the most precious right of every citizen, and we have a moral obligation to ensure the integrity of our voting process.

  Hillary Clinton

  Integrity, House, Voting

  "Hillary Rodham Clinton: What Every American Should Know". Book by the American Conservative Union (p. 71), September 30, 2005.

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• Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper.

  Larry Flynt

  Sheep, Rights, Government

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm voting for Gore because the other is unthinkable. Which most of us will probably do. I hope all of us. I've always liked Ralph Nader and would like to see a real third party, but the thought of George Bush as president is unthinkable.

  Richard Gere

  Real, Party, Voting

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• The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting.

  Charles Bukowski

  Trust, Order, Differences

  Charles Bukowski (2013). “The Most Beautiful Woman in Town”, p.190, City Lights Books

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• Perhaps the fact that we have seen millions voting themselves into complete dependence on a tyrant has made our generation understand that to choose one's government is not necessarily to secure freedom.

  Friedrich August von Hayek

  Freedom, Government, Our Generation

  "The Constitution of Liberty". Book by Friedrich Hayek, 1960.

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• American youth attributes much more importance to arriving at driver's license age than at voting age.

  Marshall McLuhan

  Reality, Voting Age, Political

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• Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Gun, Lunch, Democracies Have

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• In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago it's a sport.

  Dick Gregory

  Sports, Country, Voting

  Dick Gregory (1972). “Dick Gregory's political primer”

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• Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.

  James Bovard

  Humor, Two, Democracies Have

  James Bovard (2016). “Lost Rights: The Destruction of American Liberty”, p.333, St. Martin's Griffin

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