John Pierpont Quotes

Elections belong to the people. It is their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.

Wherever you have votes, you have power.

We must demonstrate our power by exercising our right to vote.

Your vote is your voice.

At the bottom of all the tributes paid to democracy is the little man, walking into the little booth, with a little pencil, making a little cross on a little bit of paper — no amount of rhetoric or voluminous discussion can possibly palliate the overwhelming importance of that point.

Voting is fundamental in our democracy. It has yielded enormous returns.

Let the people decide whom to vote for, who has more authority. And only people, only our citizens, are able to place the final emphasis, voting for this or that person or political force, or rejecting it. That's democracy.

Elections are an enduring spectacle of free India, and have provided foreign journalists with the opportunity to remind the world that India remains the world's largest democracy.

I think the voters can make up their own minds.

A man without a vote is man without protection.

The most powerful thing we own is our vote.

Truth no more relies for success on ballot boxes than it does on cartridge boxes.

Voting is the first duty of democracy.

Voting is the most powerful nonviolent tool that we have.

The ballot box is a license to govern, not a mandate to rule.

The continued vitality of our Constitution and the survival of each freedom it protects depend upon the right to vote and the vibrant democracy it affords us. In short, the right to vote underlies each of our other rights.

In a democracy, if you don't get the votes, nothing else is possible, no matter how wonderful your dreams.

The best way to build a house is not from the top, but from the bottom. When you go to the polls, vote from the bottom up.

Voting is designed for old people.

Voting is a fundamental right in our democracy.

The very act of voting is a political act.

Whatever changes a common man wants to bring in the country, he can bring it through the process of voting.

I am a United States citizen and I vote.

We can change the direction of the country with our vote.

Only votes talk, everything else walks.