Ben Nighthorse Campbell Quotes

I never stood for any president in my life, never voted, before Barack Obama. It changed my life to vote. It starts there with me. I never cared for politics before Barack Obama. I never thought it mattered to people like me.

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

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

One goal of empowerment is to gain influence in as many elections as possible.... Beware of plans that pack you into super-minority districts, that ghettoize minorities.

It is never the case that a surrogate can deliver [votes] like a principle can.

Politics is a choice of enemas. You're going to get it up the ass, no matter what you do.

The right to vote with no ifs, ands, or buts, that's the key. When the Negroes get that, they'll have every politician, north and south, east and west, kissing their ass, begging for their support.

The very right to vote imposes on me the duty to instruct myself in public affairs however little influence my voice may have in them.

it is a universal practice in the popular elections in all these states, to give no legal consideration whatsoever to those who do not choose to vote, as against the effect of the votes of those, who do choose to vote. Hence it is not the qualified voters, but the qualified voters, who choose to vote, that constitute the political power of the state.

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

I've reached out to independents and minorities that have traditionally voted Democrat but that are conservative on a lot of questions. We talk to young people, folks that typically aren't voting on a consistent basis. I'm proud of that.

The key is to vote because we need a vote to put the people in power that we want to represent us.

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.

In reality, there is no such thing as not voting: you either vote by voting, or you vote by staying home and tacitly doubling the value of some Diehard's vote.

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.

Exxon, Coca-Cola, BHP Billiton and News Corporation have much more say in organising the global agenda than the planet's 5 billion mature-age voters without a ballot box.

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

In politics women type the letters, lick the stamps, distribute the pamphlets and get out the vote. Men get elected.

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.

People who bowl vote. Bowlers are not the cultural elite.

A better educated electorate might change the reason many persons vote.

I not only urge you to vote that ticket yourself, but I beg that you will persuade others to do so. Personal effort can accomplish a great deal, and I beg that you will use your personal influence with your friends to get them to go with you to save the boys.

Young people need to vote. They need to get out there. Every vote counts. Educate yourself too. Don't just vote. Know what you're voting for, and stand by that.

U.S. politicians are increasingly recognizing the relevance of the Hispanic vote in U.S. politics.

Spaniards have always shown great maturity and great common sense when it comes to voting.