Nina Turner Quotes

As an American citizen, one has to vote. If we don't vote, we're not doing our part. We'll become some sort of oligarchy.

If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal.

I am proud to be in the Senate. I have always been proud to be a part of our political system. It is a remarkable privilege to participate in this system of ours.

I still have a great deal of faith in our political system and a great deal of faith in the American people and voter.

I cannot run the political machine. I have enough on my hands without that. It is the people's business.

Americans take part in political activities because they believe that by doing so they can influence government decisions

We mean by "politics" the people's business -- the most important business there is.

They talked about how it was our rights as human beings to register and vote. I never knew we could vote before. Nobody ever told us.

We pride ourselves on our democracy, but when you see the way it actually works, I think it is worthy of contempt.

I don't think we should be undermining our democracy.

Democracy is too important to be left to politicians.

In a democracy, there should be representation from every field.

Democracy is "government of, by and for the people".

No amount of charters, direct primaries, or short ballots will make a democracy out of an illiterate people.

I believe that people who do not vote in this country have no right to complain about the government that we are now living under. By the same token, if you don't really vote in television, you're never going to have your way. Write a letter to the president of the network.

I believe that everyone should participate in democracy and enjoy doing it.

You're not going to get a chance to vote for me on the ballot, but you can actually vote for what I believe in.

Elections are an enduring spectacle of free India, and have provided foreign journalists with the opportunity to remind the world that India remains the world's largest democracy.

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.

If we, as individuals, want to keep control of our democracy - rather than have a government paid for by corporate interest checks - then we have to fight back now and make sure our system reflects the belief that people, not corporations, control our democracy.

In a democracy there are only two types of power: there's organized people and organized money, and organized money only wins when people aren't organized.

And in Canada we, you know, it costs us three or $400 million to have an election. You know, it's always been my position that we shouldn't complain about that; that's the price of admission for a living in a great democracy.

That is why I came to conclusion that the election must take place, so that the republic can have a government. If I were to say that everything will change for the better immediately, that would not be true. The struggle will continue for a long time.

I came into American politics and into this political system proud of politics and the way we make decisions.

Politics is a good thing!