Noah Webster Quotes

We have the Bill of Rights. What we need is a Bill of Responsibilities.

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

I believe that our vote is both a public duty and a sacred trust.

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

Much as I respect Russell Brand's point of view, I'm in the opposite camp to him about voting. I think it's enormously important to engage with the electoral process.

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

I've always tried to vote my conscience.

I love voting day. I love the sight of my fellow citizens lining up to make their voices heard.

We always hear about the rights of democracy, but the major responsibility of it is participation.

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.

I don't feel responsible for things I didn't vote for.

We, as citizens, are the true owners of government.

Well, I couldn't do the day-to-day stuff of being a politician or anything, but I just think everybody should have an opinion and everybody should vote, and that's what we're built on.

If you're blessed enough to serve in public office, then you shouldn't just talk a good game about your values; you should cast your vote according to them.

The government, whether state or central, is elected. That means we have a responsibility to elect the right kind of leaders.

The government serves the people - not vice-versa.

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

I love election day, and I love to vote.

I hold the opinion that it is lawful [for a Muslim] to participate in elections [in non-Islamic countries], as this may reduce suffering, and it is a way to choose the better among the available candidates. I believe participating in elections will, in any event, contribute to the reduction of evil and be a forum for countering bad policies and exposing their deficiencies, as well as being an opportunity to present proposals of a different kind that may help people.

Politicians, even if their motives are not of the purest, come much nearer performing their duties than the so-called "good" citizens who stay at home [on Election Day.]

I hope no one in any part of this country will sit out any election. It’s about as unpatriotic think that anyone can do.

When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property.

Voting is the first duty of democracy.

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

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.