Vote Quotes

The ballots don’t make the results—the counters make the results.

A vote in 2002 is not a plan to defeat ISIS.

If there’s not a good feedback loop from the people to the government, and if you have rule of the bureaucrat — if the bureaucracy is in charge, then what meaning does democracy actually have? If the people cannot vote and have their will be decided by their elected representatives in the form of the president and the Senate and the House, then we don’t live in a democracy. We live in a bureaucracy.

More often than not Democratic Law works to the advantage of the few even though the many have voted; this, of course, is because the few have told them how to vote.

I don't vote. We're led to believe we're free through the exercise of ineffective freedoms.

Patriotism comes from the heart. Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief. A patriot shows their patriotism through their actions, by their choice ... Our government should not dictate actions. The United States of America exists because people wanted to be free to choose. All of us should have free choice when it comes to patriotic displays... a government wisely acting within its bounds will earn loyalty and respect from its citizens. A government dare not demand the same. There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag. Patriots serve. Patriots vote. Patriots attend meetings in their community. Patriots pay attention to the actions of government and speak out when needed. Patriots teach their children about our history, our precious democracy and about citizenship. Being an active, engaged citizen means being a patriotic American every day. No law will make a citizen a patriot.

I’m not intellectually convinced that one-man, one-vote is the best. We practise it because that’s what the British bequeathed us

The people who cast the votes decide nothing; the people who count the votes decide everything.

Take it from me, every vote counts.

Socialism is humanity's second nature. All politicians do is turn human vice into votes.

People who say that there's a vote within the Republican Party that moves against immigrants is just factually not accurate.

If you really want to live like a Republican, vote Democratic because we give you a better economy.

The most important thing is to tell people to go out and vote.

I will go to the next election saying to Australians, vote for me, vote for the Liberal Party, and I will become your PM. So I'm offering myself as the alternative PM - that's one way people describe the Leader of the Opposition - but I'm not in politics for myself to realize a personal ambition.

People don't vote. Instinct tells them it's useless.

You don't say that for a senator to be a great senator he has to vote against his constituency.

The Sovereign is no other than the vote of the people.

Voting, for me, has always been a family affair.

The question of education has nothing to do with the question of the vote. On numerous occasions it has been proved in history that people can enjoy the vote even if they have no education.

If one man offers you democracy and another offers you a bag of grain, at what stage of starvation do you prefer the grain to the vote?

To be elected president, you have to do more than tear down your opponents. You have to give the American people a reason to vote for you - a reason to hope - a reason to believe that under your leadership, America will be better.

Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my heart and my hand to this vote.

Big Money politicians do not have a new form of entitlement. They do not own our votes.

In order to fight militarism under Hillary Clinton or under Donald Trump, it's very important that we cast a vote on behalf of peace and on international - and a policy based on international law and human rights.

The team doesn't run for the presidency, one man runs for the presidency.