Learned Hand Quotes

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

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.

Voting is a civic sacrament.

Voting is the first duty of democracy.

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

Much as I respect Russell Brand's point of view, I'm in the opposite camp to him about voting. I think it's enormously important to engage with the electoral process.

Our ancestors went through so much in a fight for us to vote. So I believe that we should engage in all civic participation. It's healthy engagement.

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

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

Voting is the expression of our commitment to ourselves, one another, this country and this world.

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

I hold the opinion that it is lawful [for a Muslim] to participate in elections [in non-Islamic countries], as this may reduce suffering, and it is a way to choose the better among the available candidates. I believe participating in elections will, in any event, contribute to the reduction of evil and be a forum for countering bad policies and exposing their deficiencies, as well as being an opportunity to present proposals of a different kind that may help people.

The fact that a man is to vote forces him to think.

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

Your vote is your voice.

I believe that our vote is both a public duty and a sacred trust.

Voting is how we participate in a civic society - be it for president, be it for a municipal election. It's the way we teach our children - in school elections - how to be citizens, and the importance of their voice.

Elections remind us not only of the rights but the responsibilities of citizenship in a democracy.

Voting is great, but it's not an accomplishment. It's a responsibility.

Voting is super important, and your vote counts.

I want to say it's important that you vote, that you get out there.

I've entered politics the moment I marked my finger with the electoral voting mark. So I've entered politics, but I am not a politician. I am doing my duty as a citizen of India.

Each and every vote counts. For a better nation, please go ahead and vote.

Voting is something that we all have a right to. It's not something that we have to do... it's absolutely an honor and a great opportunity to be heard.

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