Taya Kyle Quotes

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.

Voting is the first duty of democracy.

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 like to bring my kids to the voting booth to show them how it works. I'll let them draw their own conclusions as to how worthwhile it is.

I believe that democracy is about values before it is about voting. These values must be nurtured within society and integrated into the electoral process itself.

This is America. We pick our leaders through democratic politics - ballot boxes, campaign stops, and good old-fashioned retail electioneering. It's a system that doesn't work without thousands of volunteers and ordinary supporters getting out in public and making the case for their preferred candidates.

If I were to say anything to people I may say people should vote for those who are respectful to democracy, rule of law, who get on well with people.

Georgians have made their decision, and now it's my job to keep our state moving forward.

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

I've always tried to vote my conscience.

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

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.

I believe that people who do not vote in this country have no right to complain about the government that we are now living under. By the same token, if you don't really vote in television, you're never going to have your way. Write a letter to the president of the network.

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

A better educated electorate might change the reason many persons vote.

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

Democracy is not a spectator sport, it's a participatory event. If we don't participate in it, it ceases to be a democracy.

As long as I do a good job, I believe the future is going to take care of itself, but actually I like very much being in elected office and there is no consideration about doing anything different until I can be assured that we are going to have the best voting systems in the country.

The president said, 'You've got to vote your conscience.

I feel a real responsibility to my community and so right now there has been this bizarre myth in our community how our vote doesn't count. I'm trying to get out there and re-educate on how the government works and break that myth and talk about the importance of being involved.

Spaniards have always shown great maturity and great common sense when it comes to voting.

In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago it's a sport.

Anyone who's had a casual conversation with his neighbors or is cognizant of reality TV should already be petrified of democracy.

It's difficult for democracy to function properly under the most favorable circumstances, but it has no chance at all when millions of voters are divorced from objective reality and incapable of understanding what is going on in Washington.

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