George Carlin Quotes

I'm such a sap for democracy and politics that I get weepy when I see anybody voting.

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

Voting is the foundational act that breathes life into the principle of the consent of the governed.

Voting is a civic sacrament.

The fact that a man is to vote forces him to think.

The first step toward liberation is to use the power in hand ... and the power in hand is the vote.

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

In this country, you don't have any democracy really. You have the right to elect but not to select. For example, here's two people: you get to vote for one of them. But you didn't choose in the first place either of them. That's not democracy…

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.

I vote, but I don't feel that I'm achieving much when I do.

Voting is great, but it's not an accomplishment. It's a responsibility.

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'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.

I would never enter politics, but I will go out and vote.

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.

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

I've always tried to vote my conscience.

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.

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.

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

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

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

Voting is an individual, personal thing.

Vote early and vote often.