Thomas Paine Quotes

When I think about voting, I can skip it and still see myself as a good citizen. But when I think about being a voter, now the choice reflects on my character. It casts a shadow.

I've always tried to vote my conscience.

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.

I think the greater responsibility, in terms of morality, is where leadership begins.

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

Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.

When a citizen gives his suffrage to a man of known immorality he abuses his trust; he sacrifices not only his own interest, but that of his neighbor; he betrays the interest of his country.

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.

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

Each and every vote counts. For a better nation, please go ahead and vote.

Voting is a right that has been given to every American; however, as Christ followers, our votes should reflect our God.

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.

People are even more wary of politicians and they are realizing that democracy isn't just about putting a cross on a ballot every four years, it's about deciding what you want and fighting for it.

By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more.

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.

In a democracy, supposedly we hold power by what we do at the ballot box, so therefore the more we know about political power the better our choices should be and the better, in theory, our democracy should be.

Voting is a civic sacrament.

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

Elections, like economic competition, produce winners, but these are not necessarily the best candidates, morally speaking.

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.

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

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.]

Voting is the first duty of democracy.

Those who would treat politics and morality apart will never understand the one or the other.

Politicians may do as they please, so long as they violate no rule of right, no principle of justice, no law of God; but in no world, in no order, or condition, have men the right to do wrong.