Gloria Estefan Quotes

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

I am a United States citizen and I vote.

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

I have this to say to the people: go the polls and vote for the candidate of your choice... This is your responsibility; do not neglect it.

You can bring your children under age 18 into the voting booth with you. Many families do so as a way to teach civic responsibility.

The right to vote should be considered sacred in our democracy.

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

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

Citizenship means standing up for everyone's right to vote.***

The vote has been costly. Prize it...understand what it means and what it can do for your country.

Some politician some years ago said that bad officials are elected by good voters who do not vote.

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

I have never met a villager who does not want a vote.

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

I don't normally vote. I'm lazy and I never bought into the 'Every vote counts.'

But, you know, I'm sorry, I think democracy requires participation. I mean, I don't want to proselytize but I do feel some sort of duty to participate in the process in some way other than just blindly getting behind a political party.

Registering people to vote is not partisan activity.

I believe that people who do not vote in this country have no right to complain about the government that we are now living under. By the same token, if you don't really vote in television, you're never going to have your way. Write a letter to the president of the network.

A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election.

It is a paradox that far too few Americans participate in the wonderful ritual of democracy that we call Election Day.

For our white members, voting is something they have done for hundreds of years. But for us, it is not such a traumatic thing, because we have never participated in an election.

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

Mr. Speaker, democracy works best when the American electorate is engaged and informed.

I grew up in Minnesota, where we treasure our tradition of civic engagement - and our record of having the nation's highest voter participation.

I'm one of those goobers who comes out of the polling place actually wearing the 'I VOTED' sticker on my jacket.