Rosario Dawson Quotes

To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.

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

Pretty much all I say politically is I encourage people to register to vote.

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.

For too many years, those eligible to vote in primary or general elections did not bother to do so. Those sensible centrists who do not go to rallies but care deeply about our country effectively silenced their own voices. That sent the message to incumbents that they were either doing the right thing or that we just did not care.

Be informed, ask questions, band together with your community, and fight at the local level. And make sure you take your local elections as seriously as the national ones.

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.

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

What's sad is that we can have a reality-television performer for president without incorporating the other aspects of reality television - like voting and voter engagement.

One of the areas that many of us, including the Women's March organizers, are focusing on is starting mass voter registration and voter engagement.

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

We don't just show up at election time; we're there full time.

The fact that a man is to vote forces him to think. You may preach to a congregation by the year and not affect its thought because it is not called upon for definite action. But throw your subject into a campaign and it becomes a challenge.

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

Registering people to vote is not partisan activity.

I got involved because I wanted to help inspire more people to get off their butts and register and vote - not just in this election, but in every other election from now on, you know?

When you become active in the system and communicate to your representatives, and they don't vote in accordance with your values, your responsibility is to support candidates who will.

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

So few people vote these days, and I think it's partly because they don't feel like the institution really means anything to them. If you want them to vote, give them opportunities to do something else other than vote, to help.

A better educated electorate might change the reason many persons vote.

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

Politics are close to me, but there are different ways of participating in politics.

Young people need to vote. They need to get out there. Every vote counts. Educate yourself too. Don't just vote. Know what you're voting for, and stand by that.

Voters must have faith in the electoral process for our democracy to succeed.