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“Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.”
― Gore Vidal, Screening History

“Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.”
― Joseph Stalin

“On Undecided Voter​s: "To put them in perspective, I thinkâ€� of beingâ€� on an airplane.â€� The flight attendant comesâ€� down the aisleâ€� with her food cart and, eventually,â€� parksâ€� it beside my seat.â€� “Can I inter​est you in the chick​en?​â€� she asks.â€� “Or wouldâ€� you prefer the platter of shit with bits of broke​n glassâ€� in it?â€�

To be undecided in this elect​ion is to pauseâ€� for a moment and then ask how the chick​en is cooked.”
― David Sedaris

“Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.”
― John Quincy Adams

“Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to eat for lunch. Freedom comes from the recognition of certain rights which may not be taken, not even by a 99% vote.”
― Marvin Simkin

“Every election is determined by the people who show up.”
― Larry J. Sabato , Pendulum Swing

“Because we’ve been lied to and lied to, and it hurts to be lied to. It’s ultimately just about that complicated: it hurts. It denies you respect for yourself, for the liar, for the world. Especially if the lies are chronic, systemic, if hard experience seems to teach that everything you’re supposed to believe in’s really a game based on lies. Young Voters have been taught well and thoroughly. You may not personally remember Vietnam or Watergate, but it’s a good bet you remember ‘No new taxesâ€� and ‘Out of the loopâ€� and ‘No direct knowledge of any impropriety at this timeâ€� and Did not inhaleâ€� and ‘Did not have sex with that womanâ€� and etc. etc. It’s depressing and painful to believe that the would-be ‘public servantsâ€� you’re forced to choose between are all phonies whose only real concern is their own care and feeding and who will lie so outrageously with such a straight face that you just know they have to believe you’re an idiot. So who wouldn’t fall all over themselves for a top politician who actually seemed to talk to you like you were a person, an intelligent adult worthy of respect?”
― David Foster Wallace, The Best American Essays 2007

“If you are part of a society that votes, then do so. There may be no candidates and no measures you want to vote for ... but there are certain to be ones you want to vote against. In case of doubt, vote against. By this rule you will rarely go wrong.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love

“When we choose a mobile network, do we check whether Airtel or Vodafone belong to a particular caste? No, we simply choose the provider based on the best value or service. Then why do we vote for somebody simply because he belongs to the same caste as us?”
― Chetan Bhagat, What Young India Wants

“Pick a leader who will keep jobs in your country by offering companies incentives to hire only within their borders, not one who allows corporations to outsource jobs for cheaper labor when there is a national employment crisis. Choose a leader who will invest in building bridges, not walls. Books, not weapons. Morality, not corruption. Intellectualism and wisdom, not ignorance. Stability, not fear and terror. Peace, not chaos. Love, not hate. Convergence, not segregation. Tolerance, not discrimination. Fairness, not hypocrisy. Substance, not superficiality. Character, not immaturity. Transparency, not secrecy. Justice, not lawlessness. Environmental improvement and preservation, not destruction. Truth, not lies.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“Voting is not a right. It is a method used to determine which politician was most able to brainwash you.”
― Dennis E. Adonis

“The ruling power is always faced with the question, ‘In such and such circumstances, what would you do?â€�, whereas the opposition is not obliged to take responsibility or make any real decisions.”
― George Orwell

“...they say if you don't vote, you get the government you deserve, and if you do, you never get the results you expected.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly

“Our freedoms are vanishing. If you do not get active to take a stand now against all that is wrong while we still can, then maybe one of your children may elect to do so in the future, when it will be far more riskier â€� and much, much harder.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“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

“Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.”
― H.L. Mencken

“Pick a leader who is strong and confident, yet humble. Intelligent, but not sly. A leader who encourages diversity, not racism. One who understands the needs of the farmer, the teacher, the welder, the doctor, and the environmentalist -- not only the banker, the oil tycoon, the weapons developer, or the insurance and pharmaceutical lobbyist.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“No man will ever bring out of that office the reputation which carries him into it. The honeymoon would be as short in that case as in any other, and its moments of ecstasy would be ransomed by years of torment and hatred.”
― Thomas Jefferson

“There is no such thing as not voting: you either vote by voting, or you vote by staying home and tacitly doubling the value of some Diehard's vote.”
― David Foster Wallace, Consider the Lobster and Other Essays

“Amazing, Yetta thought. Back home I couldn't have chosen my own husband. And here I'm thinking about choosing presidents, governors, mayors, laws...”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, Uprising

“A rebel! How glorious the name sounds when applied to a woman. Oh, rebellious woman, to you the world looks in hope. Upon you has fallen the glorious task of bringing liberty to the earth and all the inhabitants thereof.”
― Matilda Joslyn Gage

“The real purpose of the opposition is to minimize the amount of money the ruling party will have stolen from the people at the end of its term.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Resistance isn’t enough. If we want change, we have to get out the vote.”
― DaShanne Stokes

“Ia »åé³¾´Ç³¦°ù²¹³Ù¾±±ð est la pire des dictatures parce qu'elle est la dictature exercée par le plus grand nombre sur la minorité.”
― Pierre Desproges

“It's not in the interests of the self-serving government to educate the masses to the point where they are smart enough to see through the bullshit - because then people will be too smart to vote for them again.”
― Christina Engela

“The Bowery station on the J line is what happens to a neighborhood once politicians realize the people who live there don’t vote.”
― Andrew Vachss, Terminal

“You are worse than a corrupt politician if you don't vote, because tomorrow. You will be the first to complain about bad service delivery and how bad the country is being run by bad leaders and criminals.”
― De philosopher DJ Kyos

“Never forget: The leaders you choose are the leaders who shape your future and your country.”
― George Stamatis

“Three million votes for Kurdistan independence created history and cannot be erased”
― Masoud Barzanini

“Anybody can get a ten! You have to be a special kind of trouble to get a one, am I right?”
― Suzanne Collins, Sunrise On The Reaping