Monica Crowley Quotes

Voting is a civic sacrament.

Voting is great, but it's not an accomplishment. It's a responsibility.

Of course voting is useful. But then again, I don't put a big glow to it. Voting is about as essential as washing yourself. It's something you're supposed to do. Now, you can't go around bragging, expecting to get props because you voted. That's stupid.

I believe in the critical importance of participating in the political system - from voting to standing for election. It's both rewarding and necessary that men and women of good will and clear thinking engage in honest, open debate.

People vote for their dreams and fears.

Abstention is a dereliction of citizenship: always cast a vote, if only to cast stones at the most hated.

I know how illusory would be the belief that my vote determined anything; but nevertheless when I go to the polls I have a satisfaction in the sense that we are all engaged in a common venture.

I'm the kind of person that believes there's a part of your voting that has to be purely on principle, and there's a part that has to be on strategy.

Voting is how we participate in a civic society - be it for president, be it for a municipal election. It's the way we teach our children - in school elections - how to be citizens, and the importance of their voice.

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.

The only thing about politics I do discuss is, be into them: Read what's online. Read what the candidates are talking about. Try to understand why people are fighting over what the candidates are standing for.

The fact that a man is to vote forces him to think. You may preach to a congregation by the year and not affect its thought because it is not called upon for definite action. But throw your subject into a campaign and it becomes a challenge.

I've always tried to vote my conscience.

It is better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for what you don't want and get it.

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

Everybody is a political person, whether you say something or you are silent. A political attitude is not whether you go to parliament; it's how you deal with your life, with your surroundings.

The first duty of an American citizen, then is that he shall work in politics.

When moral principles, rather than persons, are candidates for power, to vote is to perform a moral duty, and not to vote is to neglect a duty

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

Vote: The instrument and symbol of a freeman’s power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.

The fact that a man is to vote forces him to think.

Citizens are refined, cultivated, and very political. I believe in the legitimacy of their participation.

If you don’t vote, you don’t count.

Voters have a responsibility to make a judgment with whatever facts are available on Election Day.

Elections remind us not only of the rights but the responsibilities of citizenship in a democracy.