Mark Twain
Writer, Humorist
"If voting made any difference they wouldn't let us do it."
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Thomas Jefferson
Politician, Founding Father
"When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil."
Gary Johnson
Politician, Businessman
"A wasted vote is voting for someone that you don't believe in"
John F. Kennedy
Politician
"The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Politician
"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."
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"While we are zealously performing the duties of good citizens and soldiers, we certainly ought not to be inattentive to the higher duties of religion. To the distinguished character of Patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian."
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"Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote...that he is executing one of the most solemn trusts in human society for which he is accountable to God and his country."
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"All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and wrong."
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"I hope that no American will waste his franchise and throw away his vote by voting either for me or against me solely on account of my religious affiliation. It is not relevant."
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"The public cannot be too curious concerning the characters of public men."
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"The next time they give you all that civic bullshit about voting, keep in mind that Hitler was elected in a full, free democratic election"
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"All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and wrong, with moral questions; and betting naturally accompanies it. The character of the voters is not staked. I cast my vote, perchance, as I think right; but I am not vitally concerned that right should prevail. I am willing to leave it to the majority."
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"If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal."
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"I'm against voter fraud in any form, and I have long supported a national voter ID card. But ID cards need not - and must not - restrict voting rights in any way, shape or form."
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"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."
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"All we have to do is get out and vote, while it's still legal, and we will wash those crooked warmongers out of the White House."
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"The future of this republic is in the hands of the American voter."
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"Americans of our own time - minority and majority Americans alike - need the continued guidance that the Voting Rights Act provides. We have come a long way, but more needs to be done."
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"Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half."
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"I know how important voting and elections are. But everybody know that life is going to be life regardless of who is president."
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"Opening our borders to a flood of illegal immigrants is deliberate ... It's time to impeach; and on behalf of American workers and legal immigrants of all backgrounds, we should vehemently oppose any politician on the left or right who would hesitate in voting for articles of impeachment."
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"Voting wouldn't excite me unless it included electing the directors of the big banks and corporations, who make the real decisions that affect our lives. It's hard to get excited about the trained seals in Washington."
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"If voting could actually change anything, it would be illegal."
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"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."
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"Voting Tory will cause your wife to have bigger breasts and increase your chances of owning a BMW M3."
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