Voting Quotes - Page 16

• Politics is not just about voting one day every four years. Politics is the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the road we walk on.

  Unita Blackwell

  Air, Years, One Day

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• Democrats in Louisville were led by Courier-Journal editor Henry Watterson and were implacably opposed to blacks voting.

  Rand Paul

  Editors, Louisville, Democrat

  "Opinions Dana Milbank: Rand Paul goes to Howard U in peace, receives quiet". www.washingtonpost.com. April 10, 2013.

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• When New Labour came to power, we got a Right-wing Conservative government. I came to realise that voting Labour wasn't in Scotland's interests any more. Any doubt I had about that was cast aside for ever when I saw Gordon Brown cosying up to Margaret Thatcher in Downing Street.

  Jimmy Reid

  Government, Downing Street, Wings

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• The idea of an election is much more interesting to me than the election itself...The act of voting is in itself the defining moment.

  Jeff Melvoin

  Ideas, Interesting, Democracy

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• Indeed, when all parties campaign effectively the overall effect is to push up voting rates, as you see in tight marginal seats or close general elections. That must be good for democracy.

  Lucy Powell

  Party, Democracy, Campaigns

  "Postal voting: easy does it" by Lucy Powell, www.theguardian.com. March 21, 2008.

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• You can bring your children under age 18 into the voting booth with you. Many families do so as a way to teach civic responsibility.

  Christine Pelosi

  Children, Responsibility, Age

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• Voting is like alchemy - taking an abstract value and breathing life into it.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Breathing, Abstract, Alchemy

  FaceBook post by Sharon Salzberg from Sep 28, 2012

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• From 1965 to 1967, my dad, Jack Gilligan, served in Congress and helped pass landmark laws like the Voting Rights Act.

  Kathleen Sebelius

  Dad, Rights, Law

  "Kathleen Sebelius DNC speech". www.politico.com. September 04, 2012.

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• North Carolina precinct chairman and GOP executive committee member Don Yelton thinks his state's new voting restrictions are just fine.

  Aasif Mandvi

  Thinking, North Carolina, States

  "Aasif Mandvi On Life As A 'No Land's Man' And Impressing Jon Stewart". Interview with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. November 3, 2014.

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• It's very hard to understand when you're not out there but voting somebody off on Survivor almost feels like you're killing them.

  Aras Baskauskas

  Survivor, Like You, Killing

  "'Survivor' Aras: I'd Be 'Stoked' if Vytas Won". ETonline Interview, www.etonline.com. November 21, 2013.

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• Companies have long gathered data to break down their customer base into specific segments. Now political parties have become adept at micro-targeting, too, using data on shopping habits, leisure activities, voting histories, charity donations, and so on, in order to pinpoint likely supporters and the type of appeal most likely to win them over.

  James Surowiecki

  Party, Winning, Leisure Activities

  "Calculating Campaigns". www.newyorker.com. September 24, 2012.

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• When I go to vote for anything, I always pencil in the proposition to return California and Texas to Mexico. I'm the one person that's voting for that one.

  Devendra Banhart

  Texas, California, Mexico

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• Republicans are systematically and deliberately trying to stop millions of American citizens from voting. What part of democracy are they afraid of? I call on Republicans at all levels of government, with all manner of ambition, to stop fear mongering about a phantom epidemic of election fraud. I'm calling for universal, automatic voter registration, every citizen in every state in the union.

  Greg Gutfeld

  Ambition, Epidemics, Government

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• I think it's really important to enlarge the issue behind abortion. I have been serving for over two decades and I have seen year in and year out largely the Republicans voting against women's contraception, family planning.

  Barack Obama

  Thinking, Years, Two

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• I'd like people to be educated on the voting machines, making sure that our democracy isn't being hijacked by computer technology. There's no reason there can't be a paper trail on those machines.

  Eddie Vedder

  Technology, People, Democracy

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• I think that when Americans go to vote, states should not list what party the candidates are affiliated with. That would require voters to actually think and get to know a candidate instead of voting for their favorite gang. 'Oh, this guy is a Republican, so he must be good.'

  Jesse Ventura

  Party, Thinking, Guy

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• No matter what your political persuasion, you can find a guide that makes it quick, easy and painless to exercise your right to vote. Wanna know what a certain proposition put forth by a cadre of undisclosed billionaires which cuts funding for public education, arts and infrastructure means? Use the voting guide!

  Steven Weber

  Art, Mean, Exercise

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

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• Why am I voting for Obama? Obama, of all the candidates, is the only one of the major candidates - even more than Hillary Clinton, when they were running against each other - to speak in favor of the defense of the Constitution and the separation of powers.

  Naomi Wolf

  Running, Defense, Favors

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I am of the opinion which you have always held, that "viva voce" voting at elections is the best method.
  [Lat., Nam ego in ista sum sententia, qua te fuisse semper scio, nihil ut feurit in suffragiis voce melius.]

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Ego, Viva, Politics

  "On the Laws". Book by Marcus Tullius Cicero, III. 15, c. 43 B.C..

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• I truly believe that before I retire from public office, I'll be voting for a woman for president.

  Barbara Mikulski

  Believe, Office, President

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• People are voting for Conservatives in greater numbers, but it's not translating into Conservative seats.

  Allan Gregg

  Numbers, People, Conservative

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• 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

  Want, Might, Voters

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• I have consistently made it very clear that I will vote a straight Democratic ticket, just like I do every election. From the local Constable to the President, I will be voting for every Democrat on the ballot.

  Henry Cuellar

  President, Tickets, Election

  "Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar plans to vote Obama" by Marin Cogan, www.politico.com. November 18, 2011.

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• We must adopt reforms which will expand the range of opportunities for all Americans. We can fulfill the American dream only when each person has a fair chance to fulfill his own dreams. This means equal voting rights, equal employment opportunity and new opportunities for expanded ownership, because in order to be secure in their human rights, people need access to property rights.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Wisdom, Dream, Mean

  Nixon, Richard M. (1971). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1970”, p.11, Best Books on

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• My opponent called me a cream puff. Well, I rushed out and got the baker's union to endorse me.

  Clay Pell

  Unions, Opponents, Bakers

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