David Foster Wallace Quotes

Those who stay away from the election think that one vote will do no good: T'is but one step more to think one vote will do no harm.

Don’t vote. it only encourages the bastards.

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

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

I don't vote and I got nothing to do with it.

Most people vote against somebody, rather than for somebody.

Your vote will give the government a legitimacy it does not deserve.

Why do we want dumb votes?

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

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

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

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.

Calling out people for not voting, what experts term 'public shaming,' can prod someone to cast a ballot.

According to the U.S. Census, the most common reason people give for not voting is that they were too busy or had conflicting work or school schedules.

Sometimes it's important to vote - you know, to make a statement, to make a point; certainly, many of us who were involved in the Nader campaign in 2000 felt that way.

If you have to drag somebody to register, they're not highly motivated.

The more that voting is glorified as a panacea, the more lackadaisical people become about preserving their constitutional rights.

I want to make an extremely strong appeal to those who abstained. Vote. It takes five minutes and then it's for five years.

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

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

I don't follow politics; it doesn't interest me. So why should I vote?

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

Voting is a civic sacrament.

The only way to change is to vote. People are responsible.

Politicians, even if their motives are not of the purest, come much nearer performing their duties than the so-called "good" citizens who stay at home [on Election Day.]