Cynthia Handley Quotes

What we are seeing here is democracy in action.

We love the ability of the people to influence the actions of decision-makers, of lawmakers and presidents to be removed from or elevated to office by the will of voters, and of the community to connect amongst diverse populations through the ballot box.

When politics is interesting, people go vote.

As long as we're in a democracy, I have to give what I think the majority of people will enjoy.

Well, I couldn't do the day-to-day stuff of being a politician or anything, but I just think everybody should have an opinion and everybody should vote, and that's what we're built on.

The first time I voted, I voted for myself.

I shall not vote because I do not aspire to advise my sovereign on the choice of her servants.

Although elections are not perfect tools for democracy, they reinforce the relationship between the people and their leaders, empowering citizens to remove and replace their governments in a peaceful and orderly manner. The only basis for a peaceful society is providing people with the opportunity to express their opinions and their will, and elections are instrumental in doing so.

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.

How few of the human race have ever enjoyed an opportunity of making an election of government for themselves and their children.

Public confidence in the elective process is the foundation of public confidence in government.

Voting is the first duty of democracy.

If Voting Changed Anything, They’d Abolish It

Where there is only a national representative government without local self-government, there is no liberty as we understand it

This election is not about me. It is about you.

If we would learn what the human race really is at bottom, we need only observe it in election times.

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.

If people don't like me, I insist they can vote for someone else. The only stupid thing we can do is to stay at home. I don't know a single election in the world that was changed by staying at home.

Voting is super important, and your vote counts.

I am voting in the midterm elections because I believe that when people engage with their local government, it reminds those placed in power that they are public servants who will be held accountable for their decisions.

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

Without the persistence of voters in America getting up to every election, democracy will not flourish.

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

I love voting day. I love the sight of my fellow citizens lining up to make their voices heard.