William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes

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.

You can protect the integrity of elections without stopping anyone from voting.

A better educated electorate might change the reason many persons vote.

I don't think everyone should vote. If you have to be dragged into the polls, carried into the polls and smelling salts have to be used, you probably shouldn't be voting. However, we shouldn't be putting up barriers to voting that target certain groups.

Voting is a right best exercised by people who have taken time to learn about the issues.

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

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

I don't follow politics; it doesn't interest me. So why should I vote?

I can't vote again ever, so political party is not a relevant thing for me.

We have no standard by which to measure the disaster that may be brought upon us by ignorance and vice in the citizens when joined to corruption and fraud in the suffrage.

Have election day on a weekend so that people can vote.

End racial and ethnic gerrymandering, stop voter I.D. laws that seek to suppress voters of color, and make sure everyone can add their voice and their vote to this great democracy.

Voting is completely important. People in America think democracy is a given. I think of it as an ecosystem, and what gets in the way of it is politicians and apathy.

Democrats believe that when more people vote, it's not just good for our party; it's good for democracy.

We must never stop fighting for a vision of American democracy in which we strive for and encourage the highest levels of voter turnout and participation.

I'm baffled by the people who say, 'I'm just not going to vote.'

I do know that I don't want to see anybody legitimately have the excuse that they are not voting because their votes don't count. That can't happen - whether I'm the one impacted by that vote or not.

During my time in the Texas State Legislature, I witnessed firsthand the lack of evidence behind the rampant claims of voter fraud and the obstacles voters would face if the 2011 photo Voter ID were put in place.

The very act of voting is a political act.

If we don't register and don't vote, national leaders will not be aware of our point of view.

Without the persistence of voters in America getting up to every election, democracy will not flourish.

In reality, there is no such thing as not voting: you either vote by voting, or you vote by staying home and tacitly doubling the value of some Diehard's vote.

I'm moved to think about the political state of our country right now. Most people who go out and vote have a very clear sense of what's right and wrong. And a lot of those people who don't aren't sure, so they don't go out and vote.

Registering people to vote is not partisan activity.

We've got 50 percent voter turnout for presidential elections. That's appalling. We can do so much better.