Paul Wellstone Quotes

Electoral turnout is falling among the young, and political apathy is on the rise.

I just want people to know that if they want to change the direction of the country, they can do it, but only if they're active, informed, and engaged.

I'm asking you to talk with your friends, neighbors, and relatives - even the ones you've never talked to about reproductive rights. That's how you can throw your number in the bucket, and stand with a president who has stood with us. Conversation by conversation, vote by vote, we will re-elect President Barack Obama!

I'm responsible. I even did a commercial for MTV saying how I was going to register to vote. And I still haven't.

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

The larger percentage of people you have registered, the larger percentage of people you will have voting.

We have to remain vigilant and loud and stay consistently engaged with our representatives and the political process every single day, on both a macro and micro level.

We must combat ill-advised conservative-led state legislation by encouraging every eligible person you know to vote.

It's a shame and a disgrace that so few people take part in the political process.

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.

One of the areas that many of us, including the Women's March organizers, are focusing on is starting mass voter registration and voter engagement.

We can have all the walkouts we want, but if we don't walk to that ballot box and make our voices heard, these politicians aren't going to listen.

There is a weapon we can fight with. That is the weapon of political action.

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.

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?

So few people vote these days, and I think it's partly because they don't feel like the institution really means anything to them. If you want them to vote, give them opportunities to do something else other than vote, to help.

I think I will always have a connection to young people, to try to bring their voices to the polls, bring their voices wherever they can make a difference.

Politics are close to me, but there are different ways of participating in politics.

I'm passionate about mobilizing young Latinos to get to the polls, so I'm involved with Voto Latino. Latinos are a vital but underrepresented force in this country.

The more that voting is glorified as a panacea, the more lackadaisical people become about preserving their constitutional rights.

I don't see how anybody cannot be political in this day and age. There's so much going on and you have to be aware and you have to vote. Our lives are political.

It takes ground activity to stimulate that Black vote.

Pretty much all I say politically is I encourage people to register to vote.

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