Matt Damon Quotes

I've always tried to vote my conscience.

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

Everybody should pay some tax, just as everybody should vote.

Know the difference between principles based on right or wrong vs. principles based on personal gain, and consider the basis of your own principles.

I myself am consummately middle class. We grew up in upper-middle-class suburbs in Oklahoma City, and that's very much the same ethos as what Richard Yates and John Cheever wrote about.

Cambridge is thriving and Britain is working. We have been telling people - 'if you value it, vote for it' - and this is particularly relevant in Cambridge.

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

You've got to vote for someone. It's a shame, but it's got to be done.

But no, I'm not political. My obligation is to pull the lever and elect somebody who's going to make life a little better for everybody, especially those who don't have as much good fortune as others.

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

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.

God has called us to be His representatives in our nation and in our world. Select candidates who represent your views and work for their election.

My upbringing was middle-class but my parents' families were both working-class so I had this odd combination of working-class background but in a privileged position.

Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.

Voting is a civic sacrament.

I don't vote and I got nothing to do with it.

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

New thoughts excite The voter's dread. Be sure you're trite, And go ahead.

Those who would treat politics and morality apart will never understand the one or the other.

If we leave our values at the door, we give up some of the moral glue that has held our country together

We’re not here to bring politics to our morality, but to bring morality to our politics.

You damned fools. You can either vote for me for mayor or you can go to hell

Every time we go into the voting booth, we are choosing the moral and spiritual direction of our nation. That is a privilege and responsibility that should not be abdicated.

I belong to the political party that generally fits my philosophical beliefs, but I reserve the right to vote my conscience after careful deliberation. My voting record reflects this.

I used to be of the opinion that it didn't matter who you voted for. The world balanced itself out and kept on truckin'. Which is true, but politics are still important.