Yahoo LifestyleThese Inspiring Quotes Will Get You Excited to Vote
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1) Harry Emerson Fosdick
"Democracy is based upon the conviction there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people."
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2) Louis Brandeis
"The most important office, and the one which all of us can and should fill, is that of private citizen."
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3) Peggy Noonan
"Our political leaders will know our priorities only if we tell them, again and again, and if those priorities begin to show up in the polls."
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4) Sharon Salzberg
“Voting is the expression of our commitment to ourselves, one another, this country, and this world.”
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5) Alexander Hamilton
“This process of election affords a moral certainty that the office of President will seldom fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications.”
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6) Nanette L. Avery
"Talk is cheap, voting is free; take it to the polls."
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7) Debbie Stabenow
“Democracy is about voting and it’s about a majority vote. And it’s time that we started exercising the Democratic process.”
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8) Jose Marti
"The first duty of a man is to think for himself."
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9) Monica Crowley
"Voting is as much an emotional act as it is an intellectual one."
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10) Jenna Bush
"We can all agree on the importance of voting."
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11) Keith Ellison
"Not voting is not a protest. It is a surrender."
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12) Barack Obama
"There's no such thing as a vote that doesn't matter."
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13) Jens Stoltenberg
“By voting, we add our voice to the chorus that forms opinions and the basis for actions.”
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14) Alan Moore
"People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people."
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15) Beth Broderick
"I love voting day. I love the sight of my fellow citizens lining up to make their voices heard."
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16) Thomas Jefferson
“We do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.”
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17) George Jean Nathan
“Bad officials are elected by good citizens who don’t vote.”
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18) Roald Dahl
“Somewhere inside of all of us is the power to change the world.”
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19) Abraham Lincoln
“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.”
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20) Theodore Hesburgh
“Voting is a civic sacrament.”
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21) Plato
"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors."
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22) George Carlin
“If you don’t vote, you lose the right to complain.”
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23) Lyndon B. Johnson
“A man without a vote is a man without protection.”
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24) Susan B. Anthony
“Someone struggled for your right to vote. Use it.”
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25) Loung Ung
“Voting is not only our right—it is our power.”
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26) John F. Kennedy
“The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.”
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27) Abraham Lincoln
“Elections belong to the people.”
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28) Dwight D. Eisenhower
"The future of this republic is in the hands of the American voter."
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29) Larry J. Sabato, “Pendulum Swing”
“Every election is determined by the people who show up.”
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30) Pericles
“Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you.”
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