Jeff Greenfield Quotes

I'm not political and I don't judge.

Abstention means you stayed at home or went to the beach. By casting a blank vote, you're saying you have a political conscience but you don't agree with any of the existing parties.

Not voting is not a protest. It is a surrender.

I am not political as a person.

I don't have a political bone in my body.

Hell, I never vote for anybody, I always vote against.

My parents are apolitical - no bumper stickers, no yard signs. They don't talk about politics.

I don’t attend rallies and I don’t participate in presidential elections. In fact, I don’t participate in any election. I don’t participate in the governor’s race, I don’t participate in the mayor’s race. I participate in one election every two years. Then I’m strong for Hebert. That is the only election I take part in.

The Party has nothing to do with politics in our country any more. It’s the individual.

In a democracy, if the people don’t vote, the policies are made by others….The major decisions of our society are going to be made by our elected officials, like it or not.

I kind of became apolitical.

I have never been political in a partisan sense.

Abstention means you stayed at home or went to the beach. By casting a blank vote, you're saying that you understand your responsibility, you have a political conscience and you came to vote, but you don't agree with any of the existing parties and this is the only way you have of saying so.

I've truly tried to be apolitical.

The biggest hurdle that our communities have is cynicism - saying it's a done deal, who cares; there's no point to voting. If we can get somebody to care, it's a huge victory for the movement and the causes we're trying to advance.

Voting is the only way to make change in a democracy.

There is a cost for democracy. It is worth the cost when it comes to opening up access for voters.

From the standpoint of democratic legitimacy, it's a problem if half the electorate, or close to it, declines to vote, not least because they may not feel much of a stake in the whole process.

Voting is completely important. People in America think democracy is a given. I think of it as an ecosystem, and what gets in the way of it is politicians and apathy.

Exercising the right to vote is essential to our democracy.

If you can't put your values into your vote, we don't have a democracy.

I don't vote.

If someone says, 'Democracy is a sham, those people don't speak for me... the system's rigged,' you say, 'Vote.' Someone says, 'I was making a statement by not voting,' and then you say, 'Well I can't hear it.'

I'm baffled by the people who say, 'I'm just not going to vote.'

Politics is a big no-no for me. I'm not a person who can go through that journey in life.