Ralph Nader Quotes

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

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

I used to be of the opinion that it didn't matter who you voted for. The world balanced itself out and kept on truckin'. Which is true, but politics are still important.

Voting is fundamental in our democracy. It has yielded enormous returns.

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.

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

It is better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for what you don't want and get it.

Well, I couldn't do the day-to-day stuff of being a politician or anything, but I just think everybody should have an opinion and everybody should vote, and that's what we're built on.

The whole idea of a democracy is that we ourselves, the people, are supposed to make a path of our politics, and it is we who with our feet and our vote and our labors and our vigilance are supposed to shape our country.

To me, it's not necessarily about whom you vote for, it's more about the fact that you go out and exercise that right. There's a lot of people who fight for our right to vote and people in other countries fighting for other peoples' right to vote and I think everyone should exercise that vote.

The highest political buzz word is not liberty, equality, fraternity or solidarity; it is service.

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

I'd rather vote for something I want and not get it than vote for something I don't want, and get it.

I know how illusory would be the belief that my vote determined anything; but nevertheless when I go to the polls I have a satisfaction in the sense that we are all engaged in a common venture.

America is a country which produces citizens who will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote.

Don’t vote. it only encourages the bastards.

It goes without saying that it's important to vote.

Elections remind us not only of the rights but the responsibilities of citizenship in a democracy.

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.

I want to say it's important that you vote, that you get out there.

I've entered politics the moment I marked my finger with the electoral voting mark. So I've entered politics, but I am not a politician. I am doing my duty as a citizen of India.

Not voting is disrespecting the best of what this nation stands for.

A vote should be generative, not like business as usual, which is what voting feels like for most of us.

If we don't register and don't vote, national leaders will not be aware of our point of view.

We asked voters who'd never voted before... who don't believe that their vote makes a difference, to turn out in races like mine, and they did. What they deserve back is a leader who puts democracy first.