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Vote Quotes

On ballots, principle, and voting against.

These vote quotes look skeptically at the mechanics of voting — parties softening their stance just to court votes, and a claim that populations say they care about corruption without acting on it at the ballot box. One line recalls a voter from another century who would have proudly backed Henry Clay, connecting to Election quotes on this site.

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In the lack of judgment great harm arises, but one vote cast can set right a house.

Quotes by Aeschylus

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The whole basis of the United Nations is the right of all nations - great or small - to have weight, to have a vote, to be attended to, to be a part of the twentieth century.

Quotes by Adlai Stevenson I

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If we want people to vote, we need to make it a larger part of their self-image.

Quotes by Adam Grant

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Supporters of tough voter ID laws are not afraid of vote fraud - they are afraid of democracy.

Quotes by Adam Cohen

Democracy Quotes

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It is hard to imagine an area in which Congress has more express constitutional authority to act than in protecting the right of minorities to vote.

Quotes by Adam Cohen

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Where Negroes provide 20 percent of the vote, they should have 20 per cent of the jobs.

Quotes by Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

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I don't normally vote. I'm lazy and I never bought into the 'Every vote counts.'

Quotes by Adam Carolla

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If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions.

Quotes by Abba Eban

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There's this myth out there that self-perpetuates that candidates believe that although the populace cares about corruption, they're not going to vote on it.

Quotes by Zephyr Teachout

Election Quotes

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I have never yet exercised the privilege of voting, but had I been called upon at the last presidential election to do so, I should most certainly have cast my vote for Mr. Clay.

Quotes by Zachary Taylor

Another entry admits to voting purely in opposition rather than genuine support, a more cynical but common way people describe their ballot choices. See Democracy or I Am quotes for related civic reflection.