John Jay Chapman Quotes

Voting is a civic sacrament.

They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this facility of free election. You tend to lose the habit.

We are not educated well enough to perform the necessary act of intelligently selecting our leaders.

Voting is the first duty of democracy.

Many people in the UN vote and then go home where nobody votes.

The fact that a man is to vote forces him to think. You may preach to a congregation by the year and not affect its thought because it is not called upon for definite action. But throw your subject into a campaign and it becomes a challenge.

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

If you don't vote, you don't count.

I have this to say to the people: go the polls and vote for the candidate of your choice... This is your responsibility; do not neglect it.

I believe that everyone should participate in democracy and enjoy doing it.

As an American citizen, one has to vote. If we don't vote, we're not doing our part. We'll become some sort of oligarchy.

If you rely on the media for your information, to educate yourself about the candidates and what issues are facing the country, then you get just part of the equation. I think it's important that we as citizens of this democracy take the responsibility to get as much information as possible before we go into the voting booth.

As a citizen, you need to know how to be a part of it, how to express yourself - and not just by voting.

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.

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

The most powerful thing we own is our vote.

I don't follow politics; it doesn't interest me. So why should I vote?

I'm not saying I shouldn't have to pay any taxes, but I shouldn't have to pay as many as somebody that votes. I don't vote because I don't know anything about politics. And honestly, I can't believe they'd let me. Isn't that an important thing? They'll just let me pick the president! I don't gotta know anything!

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

The first duty of an American citizen, then is that he shall work in politics.

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

Your vote is your voice.

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

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.

Don’t vote. it only encourages the bastards.