Stephen Colbert Quotes

It is a paradox that far too few Americans participate in the wonderful ritual of democracy that we call Election Day.

You can bring your children under age 18 into the voting booth with you. Many families do so as a way to teach civic responsibility.

Voting is super important, and your vote counts.

I'm such a sap for democracy and politics that I get weepy when I see anybody voting.

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

When politics is interesting, people go vote.

On February 7, 2.2 million Haitians went to the polls and exercised their constitutional right to select a leader. They went by foot, by tap tap and other forms of transportation, traveling hours and standing in line for almost a day to get to their polling places.

In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago it's a sport.

I love election day, and I love to vote.

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

The first time I voted, I voted for myself.

We should make election day a national holiday.

Voting is the first duty of democracy.

Your vote is your voice.

Elections are always about turnout.

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

More Americans bowl than vote.

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.

It's so deeply disturbing to me that half of the eligible voters don't vote in this country. We talk about how divided the country is. The truth is, we don't even know. We just know what the half that voted thought.

I do vote. I have voted ever since I've been eligible to vote.

Exercising the right to vote is essential to our democracy.

Real change begins with citizens registering to vote, becoming active and engaged in their communities, and casting their ballot at every election for those who will fairly and accurately represent them.

I always do try to encourage my children to vote and at least exercise their right.

Early voting is a vital component of the electoral landscape in Ohio.

I like to bring my kids to the voting booth to show them how it works. I'll let them draw their own conclusions as to how worthwhile it is.