Jens Stoltenberg Quotes

Only votes talk, everything else walks.

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

I felt like there was a real opportunity to help people understand that if you're concerned about what's happening in Washington, then you have voice. And that voice is your vote.

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.

Decision making in a democracy depends above all on knowledge and not just the intel available to presidents and policymakers.

Democracy is not a spectator sport, it's a participatory event. If we don't participate in it, it ceases to be a democracy.

Do the unexpected. Take 20 minutes out of your day, do what young people all over the world are dying to do: vote.

Voters do not decide issues. They decide who will decide issues.

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.

Democracy is not a spectator sport.

Voting is still the most exciting thing we do as Americans together.

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

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.

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 like alchemy - taking an abstract value and breathing life into it.

You know the voice of the people is a very, very powerful tool.

You have a voice, you have a vote. Use it.

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

Voting is the foundation stone for political action.

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

The good news is dollars don't vote, people do.

Democracy is not just voting for your leaders; it's really premised upon ordinary citizens understanding the issues.

It's a democracy and if I am outvoted, I have to accept the majority decisions.

It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting.

I believe that everyone should participate in democracy and enjoy doing it.