Barack Obama Quotes

To vote is like the payment of a debt, a duty never to be neglected, if its performance is possible.

People are tired of just yelling at the TV set. They actually are going to turn out and vote.

I come from election, I come from the people. I owe gratitude to our people. I do everything for the good of the country and the people.

A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election.

The best way to appreciate our political process is to volunteer for a campaign and support a candidate you believe in.

Campaign ads are the backbone of American democracy if American democracy suffered a gigantic spinal injury.

Every friend to the liberty of his country is bound to reflect, and step forward to prevent the dreadful consequences which shall result from a government of events.

I feel it's a person's duty to participate in the governing of the country in which he lives.

You should always be questioning your government, but do not become cynical.

Voting is as much an emotional act as it is an intellectual one.

To the American people I say, awaken to what is happening. It is the duty of each citizen to be vigilant, to protect liberty, to speak out, left and right and disagree lest be trampled underfoot by misguided zealotry and extreme partisanship.

I have voted in every election that I have been qualified to vote in since I turned 18.

Citizens are refined, cultivated, and very political. I believe in the legitimacy of their participation.

To speak practically and as a citizen, unlike those who call themselves no-government men, I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better government. Let every man make known what kind of government would command his respect, and that will be one step toward obtaining it.

We do not say that a man who takes no interest in politics is a man who minds his own business; we say that he has no business here at all.

It goes without saying that it's important to vote.

You can't just vote for yourself. All the time, you're thinking what sort of country, what world, what future?

Even if politicians spew confusing, convoluted jargon, these people are still meant to represent me, and the only way that happens is if I stay informed and vote.

I want to say it's important that you vote, that you get out there.

Our country is miserably off track; this is something that all but the far left agree on. I personally came to the point where I felt a responsibility to try to do something about it, and I've been blessed enough in business to be able to take a shot at running for office.

I have spent my life fighting for our country and our values. When those values are jeopardized, when our democracy is threatened, I believe it is our responsibility to speak out and demand accountability.

This is a country that I love and that I believe in, but at the same time also believe that you should, as a part of this country, have the right to be able to talk very clearly about the issues that are happening, going on.

I'm a person who's always been interested in politics and thought it was a very noble occupation.

There is a strong social premise in our country and I feel today freedom is being misused and not used.

We were all elected to try to improve the lives of our constituents.