Oriana Fallaci Quotes

In a democracy we assume that people can define their own interest and vote that way.

If you can't put your values into your vote, we don't have a democracy.

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

I am about to vote. I am about to do something that human beings are rarely allowed to do. I am doing something that did not exist until America.

Let the people decide whom to vote for, who has more authority. And only people, only our citizens, are able to place the final emphasis, voting for this or that person or political force, or rejecting it. That's democracy.

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

I think the voters can make up their own minds.

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.

When push comes to shove, people vote alone.

We love the ability of the people to influence the actions of decision-makers, of lawmakers and presidents to be removed from or elevated to office by the will of voters, and of the community to connect amongst diverse populations through the ballot box.

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.

When politics is interesting, people go vote.

I have not met, in Afghanistan, in even the most remote community, anybody who does not want a say in who governs them. Most remote community, I have never met a villager who does not want a vote.

If we go by the National Popular Vote, we'll get more people voting.

As long as we're in a democracy, I have to give what I think the majority of people will enjoy.

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.

The most powerful thing we own is our vote.

Hell, I never vote for anybody, I always vote against.

I shall not vote because I do not aspire to advise my sovereign on the choice of her servants.

Although elections are not perfect tools for democracy, they reinforce the relationship between the people and their leaders, empowering citizens to remove and replace their governments in a peaceful and orderly manner. The only basis for a peaceful society is providing people with the opportunity to express their opinions and their will, and elections are instrumental in doing so.

Voters do not decide issues. They decide who will decide issues.

The great thing about democracy is that it gives every voter a chance to do something stupid.

I'd rather vote for something I want and not get it than vote for something I don't want, and get it.

How few of the human race have ever enjoyed an opportunity of making an election of government for themselves and their children.

When voter get a chance to vote, they vote their hopes rather than their fears.