John Lewis Quotes

Wherever you have votes, you have power.

I can't influence how other parties choose to vote.

Only votes talk, everything else walks.

We love the ability of the people to influence the actions of decision-makers, of lawmakers and presidents to be removed from or elevated to office by the will of voters, and of the community to connect amongst diverse populations through the ballot box.

Political elections are not life and death.

The ballot box is a license to govern, not a mandate to rule.

As we've always said, in politics the person with the biggest number wins.

We can change the direction of the country with our vote.

Let the people decide whom to vote for, who has more authority. And only people, only our citizens, are able to place the final emphasis, voting for this or that person or political force, or rejecting it. That's democracy.

Working people vote!

When we talk about fighting for our country, we're talking about our vote, our vote is our arms.

Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established.

Elections have consequences.

Given the right to a free ballot, the people would support my return.

When politics is interesting, people go vote.

In politics, an organized minority is a political majority.

Perhaps we'll realize that each of us has not one vote but ten thousand or a million.

The most powerful thing we own is our vote.

Trumpeting the importance of voting deludes people into thinking that they have a leash on the government.

You must see the persons who are in charge - persons you can punish or vote for.

Democracy is the fig leaf of elitism.

Elections belong to the people. It is their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.

A stranger would think that the people of the United States had no other occupation than electioneering.

In a democracy, as a matter of course, every effort is made to seize upon and create publick opinion, which is, substantially, securing power.

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