Paul F. Tompkins Quotes

Telling or encouraging people to vote for a party would be an insult to peoples' intellect.

Choosing how you vote should not be a snap verdict based on a few minutes of television.

Voters have a responsibility to make a judgment with whatever facts are available on Election Day.

When you become active in the system and communicate to your representatives, and they don't vote in accordance with your values, your responsibility is to support candidates who will.

The thing that we tell - that I tell - members is, 'Vote your district. Vote your conscience; just don't surprise us.'

To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy.

We are not educated well enough to perform the necessary act of intelligently selecting our leaders.

The fact that a man is to vote forces him to think.

If the Gods Wanted Us to Vote, They Would Have Given Us Better Candidates

We politicians are no great shakes, but you voters are no day at the beach.

Voting is our right, but it is also our responsibility because if we don't take the next step and elect leaders who are committed to building a better future for our kids, other rights - our rights to clean air, clean water, health, and prosperity - are placed directly in harm's way.

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.

I think it's the height of patriotism to continue to exercise your right as a citizen and to hold your government to account. Isn't that what the very essence of democracy is about?

Even if politicians spew confusing, convoluted jargon, these people are still meant to represent me, and the only way that happens is if I stay informed and vote.

My experience is that the Australian people rarely get it wrong - they will vote for a united party that is able to look after their interests and the national interest.

As elected officials, we were sent to the halls of government by our neighbors to do their work - and much work needs to be done. Remembering our shared experiences with the people we represent makes us better and more accountable civil servants.

I do think you need to listen to the voters.

To me, a public servant should have both the grounding and the compassion to carry the common sense and good will of his or her neighbors into the political arena.

Voters go into the ballot box with big ideas in their mind: leadership, change, experience, hope.

In politics, the leaders are supposed to work and work.

I really don't think of power. I think more of service to the people of my state.

Don't just vote for people because they have a 'D' or an 'R' next to their name - make them have an 'A' next to their name for 'American.'

I don't want to tell anybody who to vote for; I'd rather people just do their homework and make sure they vote for the person that they feel like is best to run our country.

A lot of people have the expectation that politicians shouldn't just disappear into the woodwork even if they didn't win the election.

The fact is the American people want men and women to stand up and represent them and to put their interests ahead of the party interests.