Katie McGinty Quotes

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

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

The Greens have every right to run, that's what democracy is, and they should argue their point by saying how they think people should vote, not by telling us to be silent.

It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting.

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.

As someone who is in awe and grateful every day to be in a country where freedom of the press, free speech and free elections are a way of life, I am wowed, amazed and excited by the opportunity to moderate a 2012 presidential debate.

I think if people value democracy, they had damn well better get out and exercise their right to vote while their vote still means something.

The whole thing about elections in Liberia - it's not about the way you take care of people, it's not about the heart, it's about education, according to the perception of some people.

Voting is the first duty of democracy.

No people ever learned how to vote except by voting.

American politics has always had its vulgar side. Democracy has always had its vulgar side. Vulgarity is a transactional cost of democracy.

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

It is not suffrage that gives life to democracy; it is our democratic society that gives life to suffrage.

The continued vitality of our Constitution and the survival of each freedom it protects depend upon the right to vote and the vibrant democracy it affords us. In short, the right to vote underlies each of our other rights.

Here is the most important thing for us all to remember, for the sake of our common sanity and safety: In America, the right to vote and democratically elect a president is just as precious and valued as the right to protest and express yourself against that president.

The right to vote is one of our nation's most important civil rights.

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

If an election doesn't go your way, you don't get to call a do-over. Part of respecting our democracy is respecting the will of the voters.

The right to vote is the cornerstone of our democracy.

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

I vote in every general election, but I'm not a party member or an ideologue. I've never told anyone who I've voted for.

Let the people decide whom to vote for, who has more authority. And only people, only our citizens, are able to place the final emphasis, voting for this or that person or political force, or rejecting it. That's democracy.

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

I believe that everyone should participate in democracy and enjoy doing it.