Mangosuthu Buthelezi Quotes

All the blood is drained out of democracy - it dies - when only half the population votes.

The more that voting is glorified as a panacea, the more lackadaisical people become about preserving their constitutional rights.

It's heartbreaking that so many hundreds of millions of people around the world are desperate for the right to vote, but here in America people stay home on election day.

Voting is the first duty of democracy.

Getting people to vote is the only way to break this tragic coalition in Congress.

The right to vote is the easiest of all rights to grant.

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.

Voting is designed for old people.

The very act of voting is a political act.

Get out and vote. If you can't vote, then register other people to vote. Get people to the polls; make sure that people who need to vote can vote.

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

Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.

If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal.

As an American citizen, one has to vote. If we don't vote, we're not doing our part. We'll become some sort of oligarchy.

When politics is interesting, people go vote.

If we go by the National Popular Vote, we'll get more people voting.

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

The most powerful thing we own is our vote.

I don't vote. I don't do no voting.

I can't vote again ever, so political party is not a relevant thing for me.

I'm not saying I shouldn't have to pay any taxes, but I shouldn't have to pay as many as somebody that votes. I don't vote because I don't know anything about politics. And honestly, I can't believe they'd let me. Isn't that an important thing? They'll just let me pick the president! I don't gotta know anything!

Voting in Florida is like there’s some kind of goody in a box and you want to get it, but you’ve got to be persistent to get it.

One man shall have one vote.

Those who stay away from the election think that one vote will do no good: T'is but one step more to think one vote will do no harm.

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