Voting Quotes

"Among free men there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet."

"Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few."

"All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and wrong."

"The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all."

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

"The future of this republic is in the hands of the American voter."

"The margin is narrow, but the responsibility is clear."

"There is no city in the United States in which I can get a warmer welcome and fewer votes than Columbia, Ohio."

"You can milk a cow the wrong way once and still be a farmer, but vote the wrong way on a water tower and you can be in trouble."

"We do most of our key campaign work before early voting begins."

"There are a number of mentions … and examples of intimidation in southern claims. There is a voting poll where three names who voted [not to secede] were crossed out, the votes changed to yes with a note 'vote changed by request of voter,'"

"I would like to be a part, as much as I can, of the voting process,"

"George Allen is in the middle of this, try as he might to distance himself from it. Voting with the president 97 percent of the time tends to hold you accountable."

"The voters have done the heavy lifting by voting for the monorail four times, ... We are not afraid of the voters. That's where this project comes from. What I am worried about is the endless planning loop that keeps us from building a citywide transit system."

"Even if many of the undecided end up not voting, this share of 'don't knows' suggests voters are still wavering right up to the election."

"I don't know that we can rely on the [2010] voting progression to go the same way, because there are three [candidates] instead of four."

"But it's hard to believe that Californians are going to go into a voting booth and say, 'I'm going to vote for Matt Fong because I am mad at Bill Clinton."

"If voting changed anything, they'd abolish it"

"It was great that anybody can take part in voting."

"I'm puzzled. I don't know anyone who introduces a bill with the intent of voting against it. It makes you wonder what's really going on."