Lucy Powell Quotes

Sixteen- and 17-year-olds pay taxes and can join the army, so surely they should in turn be given their right to vote.

Young people need to vote. They need to get out there. Every vote counts. Educate yourself too. Don't just vote. Know what you're voting for, and stand by that.

Political discussions fly over the heads of those who have no votes, and are not endeavoring to acquire them.

The right to vote is the easiest of all rights to grant.

Voting has proliferated in the United States, and it has reached a point where there is now almost one vote available per citizen over the age of eighteen.

Voting is designed for old people.

Why shouldn't 16-year-olds who pay taxes and drive not be allowed to vote?

Allowing young people to vote for the first time while they are still at school would allow them to engage with the political process, as well as the relevant issues, with the support of teachers to help them make informed choices.

Our ancestors went through so much in a fight for us to vote. So I believe that we should engage in all civic participation. It's healthy engagement.

I am a United States citizen and I vote.

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

We... are not really free if we can't control our own government and its policies. And we will never do that if we remain ignorant.

I had the good fortune to be able to right an injustice that I thought was being heaped on young people by lowering the voting age, where you had young people that were old enough to die in Vietnam but not old enough to vote for their members of Congress that sent them there.

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.

If you don't vote, you don't count.

I kinda halfway paid attention to politics during my early years, but the older you get, the more you realize it's very important to pay attention to who gets elected. They can ruin the country.

Do the unexpected. Take 20 minutes out of your day, do what young people all over the world are dying to do: vote.

Simply, I believe the United States should lower the voting age to 17.

Women risked their lives for the right to vote. When I hear people say, 'Oh, I'm not gonna vote,' I just wanna tear their heart out.

The democratic process is only as great as the people who participate in it.

Voting is the expression of our commitment to ourselves, one another, this country and this world.

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.

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

To me, it's not necessarily about whom you vote for, it's more about the fact that you go out and exercise that right. There's a lot of people who fight for our right to vote and people in other countries fighting for other peoples' right to vote and I think everyone should exercise that vote.

I demand ... the franchise for all loyal citizens