Samuel Adams Quotes

People are even more wary of politicians and they are realizing that democracy isn't just about putting a cross on a ballot every four years, it's about deciding what you want and fighting for it.

Any of us who wants to go to Parliament must have that responsibility to represent the people who voted us in.

I voted, always vote. It's very important to me. My kids, I take them with me since they were little, so they realize it's a responsibility.

I've always tried to vote my conscience.

We always hear about the rights of democracy, but the major responsibility of it is participation.

The American public should simply accept no distractions. In our democracy, it is our duty to hold our elected leaders accountable. We do it at the ballot box.

I don't feel responsible for things I didn't vote for.

Senators will do what they think they need to do to represent their constituents.

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

When a citizen gives his suffrage to a man of known immorality he abuses his trust; he sacrifices not only his own interest, but that of his neighbor; he betrays the interest of his country.

When moral principles, rather than persons, are candidates for power, to vote is to perform a moral duty, and not to vote is to neglect a duty

We elect these people not to represent their parties but to represent us.

I believe that the decisions which govern all our lives, the laws we must all obey, and the taxes we must all pay should be decided by people we choose and who we can throw out if we want change.

Every time we go into the voting booth, we are choosing the moral and spiritual direction of our nation. That is a privilege and responsibility that should not be abdicated.

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.

People should show up and vote at the polls, unless there's an extraordinary reason not to do so.

If I had the day off and knew everyone else was voting, I wouldn't miss it. It would become a routine part of my responsibility as a citizen - like paying taxes, only less soul crushing.

Voting is something that we all have a right to. It's not something that we have to do... it's absolutely an honor and a great opportunity to be heard.

Only those who vote politicians into power have the right to depose them.

When I think about voting, I can skip it and still see myself as a good citizen. But when I think about being a voter, now the choice reflects on my character. It casts a shadow.

If you're a representative, you listen to your constituents, and then you go vote their conscience. You don't go vote your special interest buddies' interest and then come back and justify it.

My start in politics was watching my parents go to the polls on election day. It reminded me that being an active, engaged citizen and voter is critical to the success of our democracy.

A political conception covers the right to vote, the political virtues, and the good of political life, but it doesn't intend to cover anything else.

The people are responsible for the character of their Congress.

I really want to get the word out to people to register because of course, the more people vote, the more our democracy works.