Michelle Obama Quotes

Democracy is being allowed to vote for the candidate you dislike least.

The government, whether state or central, is elected. That means we have a responsibility to elect the right kind of leaders.

I've always tried to vote my conscience.

In a government such as ours we have vigorous contests to determine who should lead. The recent election was no exception. Now we inaugurate a new government on a day that transcends any one individual or any one party.

when greed and fear are linked to power, you have a dangerous mix. We see that in political life. In part of the world, the mix of greed and fear means that those who get power become reluctant to give it back. One of the many things I like and admire in our democracies are the norms that make our leaders hand over power when voters tell them to

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.

I've always believed in the old-fashioned way: When you've got scoundrels in office, you vote 'em out.

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

Voting for a politician is very different then saying you like somebody or don't like somebody.

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

I am about to vote. I am about to do something that human beings are rarely allowed to do. I am doing something that did not exist until America.

A politician ought to be born a foundling and remain a bachelor.

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.

As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and the law-abiding, the beginning and the end.

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

I think the voters can make up their own minds.

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

Voting is an individual, personal thing.

When we get a chance to take part in elections, I am ready to fight for leading positions, including in the presidential vote.

I'm glad that Singaporeans were receptive to my message and have elected me to serve as their president.

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.

It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.

Elections have consequences.

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

I came into American politics and into this political system proud of politics and the way we make decisions.