Which one of the three candidates would you want your daughter to marry?
—Ross Perot (1930–2019) American Businessman
In times of stress and strain, people will vote.
—Unknown
There isn’t any finer folks living than a Republican that votes the Democratic ticket.
—Will Rogers (1879–1935) American Actor, Rancher, Humorist
Among free men there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet.
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–65) American Head of State
To make democracy work, we must be a notion of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.
—Louis L’Amour (1908–88) American Novelist, Short-Story Writer
The margin is narrow, but the responsibility is clear.
—John F. Kennedy (1917–63) American Head of State, Journalist
Success is that old ABC—ability, breaks, and courage.
—Charles Luckman (1909–99) American Businessperson, Architect
A lot of voters always cast their ballot for the candidate who seems to them to be one of the people. That means he must have the same superstitions, the same unbalanced prejudices, and the same lack of understanding of public finances that are characteristic of the majority. A better choice would be a candidate who has a closer understanding and a better education than the majority. Too much voting is based on affability rather than on ability.
—William Feather (1889–1981) American Publisher, Author
Half of the American people never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.
—Gore Vidal (1925–48) American Novelist, Essayist, Journalist, Playwright
Ask a man which way he is going to vote, and he will probably tell you. Ask him, however, why, and vagueness is all.
—Andrew Lack (b.1947) American Media Executive
There is no excitement anywhere in the world, short of war, to match the excitement of the American presidential campaign.
—Theodore H. White (1915–86) American Journalist, Historian, Novelist
Bad officials are the ones elected by good citizens who do not vote.
—George Jean Nathan (1882–1958) American Critic, Editor, Writer
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.
—John F. Kennedy (1917–63) American Head of State, Journalist
In politics women type the letters, lick the stamps, distribute the pamphlets and get out the vote. Men get elected.
—Clare Boothe Luce (1903–87) American Playwright, Diplomat, Journalist
When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people.
—Edmund Burke (1729–97) British Philosopher, Statesman
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. Johnson (1908–73) American Head of State, Political leader
The only thing we learn from new elections is we learned nothing from the old.
—U.S. Proverb
Those who stay away from the election think that one vote will do no good: ‘Tis but one step more to think one vote will do no harm.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Suffrage is the pivotal right.
—Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906) American Civil Rights Leader
I’m so insane, I voted for Eisenhower. Oh yeah, well I’m so insane, I voted for Eisenhower TWICE!
—Ken Kesey (1935–2001) American Counterculture Novelist
The Republicans have their splits right after election and Democrats have theirs just before an election.
—Will Rogers (1879–1935) American Actor, Rancher, Humorist
Voting is a civic sacrament.
—Theodore Hesburgh (1917–2015) American Catholic Educator, Clergyman
No matter whom you vote for, the Government always gets in.
—Unknown
Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman’s power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.
—Ambrose Bierce (1842–1913) American Short-story Writer, Journalist
I’m not an old, experienced hand at politics. But I am now seasoned enough to have learned that the hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.
—Adlai Stevenson (1900–65) American Diplomat, Politician, Orator
Elections are held to delude the populace into believing that they are participating in government.
—Gerald F. Lieberman
Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.
—Richard Nixon (1913–94) American Head of State, Lawyer
I never vote for anyone. I always vote against.
—W. C. Fields (1880–1946) American Comedian, Actor, Writer
Voters don’t decide issues, they decide who will decide issues.
—George Will (b.1941) American Columnist, Author, Commentator
Where annual elections end where slavery begins.
—John Quincy Adams (1767–1848) Sixth President of the USA
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