Voting Quotes - Page 15

• He smiles and takes his index finger and presses it to my lips, leaves it there until my heart lands on Jupiter: three seconds, then removes it, and heads back into the living room. Whoa - well, that was either the dorkiest or sexiest moment of my life, and I'm voting for sexy on account of my standing here dumbstruck and giddy, wondering if he did kiss me after all.

  Jandy Nelson

  Sexy, Heart, Kissing

  Jandy Nelson (2010). “The Sky Is Everywhere”, p.72, Penguin

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• The unconscious democracy of America is a very fine thing. It is a true and deep and instinctive assumption of the equality of citizens, which even voting and elections have not destroyed.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  America, Democracy, Citizens

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• I have come to see more and more that one of the most decisive steps that the Negro can take is that little walk to the voting booth. That is an important step. We've got to gain the ballot, and through that gain, political power.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Political, Important, Littles

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• As a citizen, you need to know how to be a part of it, how to express yourself - and not just by voting.

  Sandra Day O'Connor

  Needs, Citizens, Express Yourself

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• I believe in the critical importance of participating in the political system - from voting to standing for election. It's both rewarding and necessary that men and women of good will and clear thinking engage in honest, open debate.

  Michael Nutter

  Believe, Men, Thinking

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• I'm a registered Independent. But my brother says it's obvious that I'm a Republican sympathizer. Once I get in the voting booth, it doesn't matter.

  Stephen Baldwin

  Brother, Independent, Matter

  "Stephen Baldwin: 'McCain can bring change'". Interview with Sarika Dani, www.today.com. October 24, 2008.

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• Researchers who examined the voting records of wine judges found that 90 percent of the time they give inconsistent ratings to a particular wine when they judge it on multiple occasions.

  Nathan Myhrvold

  Wine, Judging, Giving

  "How to Decant Wine with a Blender" by Nathan Myhrvold, www.bloomberg.com. September 23, 2011.

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• Widespread use of online voting will create the potential for abuse that will make the problems inherent in e-voting pale in comparison.

  Bob Barr

  Abuse, Problem, Online

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• But did you know that during the past quarter century, no presidential election has been won by more than ten million ballots cast? Yet every federal election during the same time period had at least one hundred million people of voting age who did not bother to vote!

  Andy Andrews

  Past, Voting Age, People

  Andy Andrews (2012). “How Do You Kill 11 Million People? (International Edition): Why the Truth Matters More Than You Think”, p.45, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• I'm the kind of person that believes there's a part of your voting that has to be purely on principle, and there's a part that has to be on strategy.

  Michael Moore

  Believe, Principles, Kind

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• One thing I want to do is create something called Ring Around Congress. It would be a state deal and also a national thing, where the kids, as a field trip, will go and join hands around Congress and give the politicians report cards on how they're voting on hunger issues.

  Jeff Bridges

  Kids, Issues, Hands

  Interview with Tavis Smiley, www.pbs.org. January 10, 2011.

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• I have voted for a Republican for president ever since I was voting and since I was 18 years old.

  Joe Lhota

  Years, President, Republican

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• In the melting pot that is America, inclusive trumps exclusive. Whether it's single women, young adults, or minorities, alienating the rapidly growing voting blocs is not smart politics.

  Eliot Spitzer

  Smart, America, Adults

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• What some men don't understand is that by opposing policies to reduce violence, promote equal pay and universal healthcare and voting to limit access to contraception and legal abortion, they are relegating women to another century, a time when men ruled exclusively and women were considered property and had to be guided by a firm masculine hand.

  Madeleine M. Kunin

  Men, Equal Pay, Hands

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• It was the biggest suppression of voting rights in our country's history since Jim Crow. And the thread of race runs from the beginning to the end of my book.

  Sidney Blumenthal

  Running, Country, Book

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• Quite a few people have to believe something is normal before it becomes normal - a sort of 'voting' situation. But once the threshold is reached, then everyone demands to do whatever it is.

  Alan Kay

  Believe, People, Demand

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• Mr. Cain would structurally change the voting demographic. There would be more black economic conservatives, and the Democrats would lose their stranglehold on the black vote.

  Alveda King

  Black, Would Be, Cain

  "Why the Establishment Wants to Destroy Herman Cain" by Dr. Alveda King, www.foxnews.com. November 9, 2011.

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• Nobody would say, 'I'm voting for this guy because he's got the stronger chin,' but that, in fact, is partly what happens.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Guy, Stronger, Facts

  "The Truth About How We Think". Interview with Jennifer Robison, www.gallup.com. March 20, 2012.

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• Our DNA is as a consumer company - for that individual customer who's voting thumbs up or thumbs down. That's who we think about. And we think that our job is to take responsibility for the complete user experience. And if it's not up to par, it's our fault, plain and simply.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Jobs, Educational

  Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.40, Prabhat Prakashan

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• The reason I'm voting for Barack Obama is that it's either him or a police state - someone who's carrying on policies that are clearly stated and directed at subverting liberty. He's definitely the lesser of two evils.

  Naomi Wolf

  Two, Evil, Police

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Voting is the least arduous of a citizen's duties. He has the prior and harder duty of making up his mind.

  Ralph Barton Perry

  Mind, Citizens, Duty

  Ralph Barton Perry (1951). “The Citizen Decides: A Guide to Responsible Thinking in Time of Crisis”

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• There is a lack of interest in voting in the United States, and that troubles me. It is very necessary that people get registered, study the issues and be aware of the politics of our country. We will really be set back if people don't take the time to learn about the candidates who are concerned about the well-being of all the citizens and vote.

  Rosa Parks

  Country, Issues, People

  Source: www.sfgate.com

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• Voting isn't the most we can do. But it is the least.

  Gloria Steinem

  Can Do

  Gloria Steinem (2015). “My Life on the Road”, p.124, Oneworld Publications

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• Voting wouldn't excite me unless it included electing the directors of the big banks and corporations, who make the real decisions that affect our lives. It's hard to get excited about the trained seals in Washington.

  Robert Anton Wilson

  Real, Decision, Directors

  Source: theanarchistlibrary.org

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• I believe I have demonstrated that the voters are characteristically ill-informed when voting on reducing social costs. Furthermore, their primary concern is with wealth transferred to themselves, rather than with social cost efficiency. Logically, this would mean that democratic government would be inefficient in reducing social costs.

  Gordon Tullock

  Believe, Mean, Government

  Gordon Tullock, Charles Kershaw Rowley (2005). “The economics of politics”, Liberty Fund Inc.

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