Mitch McConnell Quotes

Abstention is a dereliction of citizenship: always cast a vote, if only to cast stones at the most hated.

Americans take part in political activities because they believe that by doing so they can influence government decisions

Our constitutional democracy demands our participation, not just every four years, but all the time.

I believe we all have the right as private citizens to endorse candidates and participate in the political process.

I would never enter politics, but I will go out and vote.

If you don't vote, you don't count.

Whenever anybody gets involved in politics, its always exciting for me because we take for granted our freedoms and our abilities to effect change through political activism.

I came into American politics and into this political system proud of politics and the way we make decisions.

The most powerful thing we own is our vote.

Voting is a civic sacrament.

We must care more about bloodless revolutions called elections than about who wins the elections.

The first duty of an American citizen, then is that he shall work in politics.

I hold the opinion that it is lawful [for a Muslim] to participate in elections [in non-Islamic countries], as this may reduce suffering, and it is a way to choose the better among the available candidates. I believe participating in elections will, in any event, contribute to the reduction of evil and be a forum for countering bad policies and exposing their deficiencies, as well as being an opportunity to present proposals of a different kind that may help people.

The fact that a man is to vote forces him to think.

We receive from America the right to vote as Americans, for America's weal, and if we cannot use our privilege as Americans we should surrender it.

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

American politics has always had its vulgar side. Democracy has always had its vulgar side. Vulgarity is a transactional cost of democracy.

I know how illusory would be the belief that my vote determined anything; but nevertheless when I go to the polls I have a satisfaction in the sense that we are all engaged in a common venture.

I cast my vote against Donald Trump. I did it without joy or enthusiasm. I did it out of civic duty and love for our country.

In a democracy, in a functioning democracy, what would be happening is that popular organizations, unions, political groupings, others would be developing their programs, putting them forth, insisting that their representatives implement those programs.

I believe that our vote is both a public duty and a sacred trust.

In each and every election, it's your rights, it's your freedoms, it's your interests that are on the ballot.

Here is the most important thing for us all to remember, for the sake of our common sanity and safety: In America, the right to vote and democratically elect a president is just as precious and valued as the right to protest and express yourself against that president.

I think it's the height of patriotism to continue to exercise your right as a citizen and to hold your government to account. Isn't that what the very essence of democracy is about?

The right to vote is one of our nation's most important civil rights.