Lou Henry Hoover Quotes

I think if people value democracy, they had damn well better get out and exercise their right to vote while their vote still means something.

We must demonstrate our power by exercising our right to vote.

The right to vote is the easiest of all rights to grant.

The vote is a power, a weapon of offense and defense, a prayer.

Should people be mere "interested spectators of action," not "participants," restricted to lending their weight periodically to one or another sector of the "responsible men," as advocates of "manufacture of consent" have recommended? Or should their rights transcend these highly restricted bounds?

I never miss a vote; I think that's the power of the people. A lot of people fought and died for us to have votes, for women to have votes in particular - your vote is your one weapon.

The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.

In general people feel more relaxed about participating in politics. They aren't frightened as they used to be.

Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.

If you ever, ever, ever want to complain about what's going on in the U.S., you should vote because then you have a right to. If you want to complain, you should vote.

People who don't vote have no line of credit with people who are elected and thus pose no threat to those who act against our interests.

It's heartbreaking that so many hundreds of millions of people around the world are desperate for the right to vote, but here in America people stay home on election day.

The laboring man in this bounteous and hospitable country has no ground for complaint. His vote is potential and he is elevated thereby to the position of a man.

A voter without a ballot is like a soldier without a bullet.

Those who stay away from the election think that one vote will do no good: T'is but one step more to think one vote will do no harm.

Far be it for me to encourage women to vote, or take an active part in politics in the present state of our government. Her right to the elective franchise, however, is the same, and should be yielded to her, whether she exercise that right or not.

You’ve got the strongest hand in the world, the hand that marks the ballot, the hand that pulls the voting lever. Use it, will ya? Use it!”

The very right to vote imposes on me the duty to instruct myself in public affairs however little influence my voice may have in them.

The right to vote is the most powerful non-violent tool we have in the struggle for civil rights.

At the bottom of all the tributes paid to democracy is the little man, walking into the little booth, with a little pencil, making a little cross on a little bit of paper — no amount of rhetoric or voluminous discussion can possibly palliate the overwhelming importance of that point.

As Republicans try to trample on our most sacred freedoms, Democrats will do everything we can to end discrimination and protect the one right that preserves all others - the right to vote.

We must continually work to obtain and preserve the right to vote and future votes of babies in the womb, their parents, the sick, the elderly, the poor, all Americans.

The right to vote is one of our nation's most important civil rights.

I have always said that I believe in the people's right to vote on an issue.

Every Indian has a right to take part in politics. Why not me?