Barack Obama Quotes

Without the persistence of voters in America getting up to every election, democracy will not flourish.

If people don't like me, I insist they can vote for someone else. The only stupid thing we can do is to stay at home. I don't know a single election in the world that was changed by staying at home.

Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.

We should make election day a national holiday.

Voting is the first duty of democracy.

The very act of voting is a political act.

Whether you're Democrat or Republican... you want everybody who's eligible to vote to vote, and that's how you want to win elections.

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

Elections are an enduring spectacle of free India, and have provided foreign journalists with the opportunity to remind the world that India remains the world's largest democracy.

Mr. Speaker, democracy works best when the American electorate is engaged and informed.

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

Elections alone will never be enough to ensure good governance.

Public confidence in the elective process is the foundation of public confidence in government.

If they're not voting, we're not touching their heads and hearts.

No people ever learned how to vote except by voting.

Your vote is your voice.

If we would learn what the human race really is at bottom, we need only observe it in election times.

Voting is completely important. People in America think democracy is a given. I think of it as an ecosystem, and what gets in the way of it is politicians and apathy.

Real change begins with citizens registering to vote, becoming active and engaged in their communities, and casting their ballot at every election for those who will fairly and accurately represent them.

Vibrant political parties are vital to the health of our democracy.

You've got to vote, vote, vote, vote. That's it; that's the way we move forward. That's how we make progress for ourselves and for our country.

I do think you need to listen to the voters.

What's sad is that we can have a reality-television performer for president without incorporating the other aspects of reality television - like voting and voter engagement.

If we don't register and don't vote, national leaders will not be aware of our point of view.

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.