Patrick Murphy Quotes

Registering people to vote is not partisan activity.

People aren't necessarily as concerned with how you vote as long as they feel they have a voice. If you can cross that basic threshold - that is, when a voter knows you're willing to listen to them and that you care about their lives - then that's most of what you need to get their vote. It's not your voting record.

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

Improved turnout will give parliament and government the appearance of being more legitimate.

I got involved because I wanted to help inspire more people to get off their butts and register and vote - not just in this election, but in every other election from now on, you know?

When you become active in the system and communicate to your representatives, and they don't vote in accordance with your values, your responsibility is to support candidates who will.

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

For voters what matters is what government actually delivers for them.

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

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

This election is not about me. It is about you.

… if we really want American politics to improve, then American voters will have to improve as well, by being more educated about the facts, more critical in our thinking and more demanding of our elected officials.

Voters deserve - and they indeed expect - a good debate on the issues.

I do know that I don't want to see anybody legitimately have the excuse that they are not voting because their votes don't count. That can't happen - whether I'm the one impacted by that vote or not.

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

The fact is that we as a party at the Republican National Committee registered 3.4 million new voters in the past two years and brought them into the political process. The president won by 3.5 million votes.

Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.

We've got 50 percent voter turnout for presidential elections. That's appalling. We can do so much better.

I think for voters what matters is the values that drive the government.

The American public should simply accept no distractions. In our democracy, it is our duty to hold our elected leaders accountable. We do it at the ballot box.

America is a country ready to be taken, in fact, longing to be taken by political leaders ready to restore democracy and trust to the political process.

I feel a real responsibility to my community and so right now there has been this bizarre myth in our community how our vote doesn't count. I'm trying to get out there and re-educate on how the government works and break that myth and talk about the importance of being involved.

We shall never change our political leaders until we change the people who elect them.

We have work to do, and Tuesday Americans sent Washington a clear message - get the job done.

I'm running for senator because it's time for a change.