Voting quotes

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◆ Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual).

- Ayn Rand100

◆ Democrats are the only reason to vote for Republicans

- Will Rogers99

◆ 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 Johnson99

◆ Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.

- George Jean Nathan99

◆ Why do the people humiliate themselves by voting? I didn't vote because I have dignity. If I had closed my nose and voted for one of them, I would spit on my own face.

- Oriana Fallaci99

◆ When I have to choose between voting for the people or the special interests, I always stick with the special interests. They remember. The people forget.

- Henry F Ashurst99

◆ Anarchists know that a long period of education must precede any great fundamental change in society, hence they do not believe in vote begging, nor political campaigns, but rather in the development of self-thinking individuals.

- Lucy Parsons99

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

- Dick Gregory99

◆ Votes should be weighed, not counted

- Friedrich Von Schiller99

◆ The vote demonstrates that we accept the notion that all human beings are created in the image of God and have an equal right to preach and teach the word of God.

- Alexander M Shapiro99

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

- William E Simon99

◆ Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do.

- Will Rogers99

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

- John Quincy Adams99

◆ The people who cast the votes don't decide an election, the people who count the votes do.

- Joseph Stalin99

◆ Republicans have been accused of abandoning the poor. It's the other way around. They never vote for us.

- Dan Quayle99