George P. Bush Quotes

A lot of times, elections are lost, and the hope of the public is lost because they don't turn out.

I can't vote again ever, so political party is not a relevant thing for me.

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

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

I don't vote. I don't do no voting.

We should make election day a national holiday.

Getting people to vote is the only way to break this tragic coalition in Congress.

Elections are always about turnout.

Real change begins with citizens registering to vote, becoming active and engaged in their communities, and casting their ballot at every election for those who will fairly and accurately represent them.

You've got to vote, vote, vote, vote. That's it; that's the way we move forward. That's how we make progress for ourselves and for our country.

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

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.

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 have never voted in my life.

Voting is the first duty of democracy.

No people ever learned how to vote except by voting.

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

It's so deeply disturbing to me that half of the eligible voters don't vote in this country. We talk about how divided the country is. The truth is, we don't even know. We just know what the half that voted thought.

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.

From the standpoint of democratic legitimacy, it's a problem if half the electorate, or close to it, declines to vote, not least because they may not feel much of a stake in the whole process.

If people don't like me, I insist they can vote for someone else. The only stupid thing we can do is to stay at home. I don't know a single election in the world that was changed by staying at home.

I'm baffled by the people who say, 'I'm just not going to vote.'

It's a shame and a disgrace that so few people take part in the political process.

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.

The very act of voting is a political act.