Emmeline Pankhurst Quotes

Trumpeting the importance of voting deludes people into thinking that they have a leash on the government.

People who don't vote have no line of credit with people who are elected and thus pose no threat to those who act against our interests.

Only votes talk, everything else walks.

Wherever you have votes, you have power.

If we don't like what the Republicans do, we need to get in there and change it.

Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established.

Perhaps we'll realize that each of us has not one vote but ten thousand or a million.

I ran for Congress because I want to help change the way we do business in Washington, D.C.

Voters do not decide issues. They decide who will decide issues.

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.

Since the poor don’t vote, and the rich are too few to mention, the middle class chooses all by itself who runs the country.

There is many a powerful voice in politics that represents but a small vote.

How is it the community can check ? The community can act only when assembled; and when assembled, it is incapable of acting. The community, however, can choose representatives.

The ballot box is a license to govern, not a mandate to rule.

In a democracy, in a functioning democracy, what would be happening is that popular organizations, unions, political groupings, others would be developing their programs, putting them forth, insisting that their representatives implement those programs.

The vote is the last great equalizer that we have in this country.

The vote controls everything that you do.

A president's power is limited. We need to vote down the ballot as well, from your councilman all the way up to your governors and congressman.

I felt like there was a real opportunity to help people understand that if you're concerned about what's happening in Washington, then you have voice. And that voice is your vote.

I can't control what other people do or say. I can only control the one vote I've been bestowed upon by the people in the Tennessee Valley.

We can change the direction of the country with our vote.

What business do we have telling people who to vote for? They probably know more about it than we do.

That's what the Senate is about. It's the last bastion of minority rights, where a minority can be heard, where a minority can stand on its feet, one individual if necessary, and speak until he falls into the dust.

Our history is that we can very aggressively, if necessary, and openly and democratically discuss our differences. We have a democratic history in which we come together and vote on these things.

Let's say there are 500 sons and daughters like you in each state. Then we could control the government.