Katie Porter Quotes

By voting, we add our voice to the chorus that forms opinions and the basis for actions.

I feel a real responsibility to my community and so right now there has been this bizarre myth in our community how our vote doesn't count. I'm trying to get out there and re-educate on how the government works and break that myth and talk about the importance of being involved.

We need to be constantly reminded that this is a representative democracy, and we need to be in tune to what people are talking about.

Only votes talk, everything else walks.

Canadians want to elect good people to be their voice in Ottawa.

I noticed that democracy was broken and tried to work on fixing that in Japan. Then I realized that it was broken all over the place and decided to work on that too.

Trumpeting the importance of voting deludes people into thinking that they have a leash on the government.

In a democracy citizens are entitled to know what is in store for them before they vote.

Democracy is much too important to be left to public opinion.

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.

They talked about how it was our rights as human beings to register and vote. I never knew we could vote before. Nobody ever told us.

Remember to use your vote. Remember to speak out and feel empowered.

The very act of voting is a political act.

I have always said that I believe in the people's right to vote on an issue.

This is democracy: the citizens can vote anyone to power.

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

We can change the direction of the country with our vote.

I think most people realize that our problems are our government, not me and you individually, except that we can - must have some sort of responsibility, because they're in there and they were elected, so we have to defend ourselves on those lines.

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

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

I think the voters can make up their own minds.

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.

When we talk about fighting for our country, we're talking about our vote, our vote is our arms.

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