Henry Rollins Quotes

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

Voting is the first duty of democracy.

The very act of voting is a political act.

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

For our white members, voting is something they have done for hundreds of years. But for us, it is not such a traumatic thing, because we have never participated in an election.

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

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.

The 2020 Election is believed to be the most important in our lifetime. Therefore, I've chosen to become more involved in the voting process by using my social media platform to encourage voting and my facility as a Dekalb County early voting polling station.

A robust democracy requires active participation.

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

Everybody expects that their vote's going to count.

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.

Registering people to vote is not partisan activity.

All the blood is drained out of democracy - it dies - when only half the population votes.

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

You need to remind people that you vote, you matter, and that they can't succeed without your help.

In democracy, every election is a learning process. You learn from every election, the one that you win and the one that you lose. And then you prepare for the next one.

Voters must have faith in the electoral process for our democracy to succeed.

In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago it's a sport.

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

I don't vote. I don't do no voting.

I think if people value democracy, they had damn well better get out and exercise their right to vote while their vote still means something.

Democrats tend to always encourage people to vote – whether they are alive or dead.

Why do we want dumb votes?

In a new democracy, the most important election is the second election.