Voting Quotes
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I have considered voting Conservative because I am so against the Labour party.
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I had incorrectly, for all of my adult life until 2008, believed the biggest voting myth that exists - that ex-felons cannot vote.
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The short memories of the American voters is what keeps our politicians in office.
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When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.
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The failure in Ohio to have adequate voting capacity for the people who were registered and eligible to vote was an absolute denial of their right to vote.
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Hey, look, my actions don't necessarily reflect my voting record.
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Despite his consistent party-line voting record, some independents and Democrats still think of Senator McCain as the most palatable, independent-minded Republican. But this is the sort of empty compliment a friend of mine once compared to being called “the coolest Osmond.
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I always voted at my party's call, and I never thought of thinking for myself at all.
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Women will do anything Oprah Winfrey says, and that is why we can't have women voting.
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The act of voting by ordinary Iraqis in the face of extreme danger confirms President Bush's belief that people around the globe, when given a chance, will choose liberty and democracy over enslavement and tyranny.
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The thing I can't believe is they must have rigged the voting, how can you keep up with him, Mr Cricket.
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It is a sign of the times that the absence of meaningful ID requirements in many states leaves our voting process vulnerable to fraud and allows legal votes to be cancelled out by illegally cast ballots.
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The language we share is at the core of our identity as citizens, and our ticket to full participation in American political life. We can speak any language we want at the dinner table, but English is the language of public discourse, or the marketplace and of the voting booth.
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Are people who want this kind of progressive change not turning up at polling stations? Are they not voting for progressive representatives? It's hard to put your finger on why we are where we are.
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Voting for New Labour is like helping an old lady across the road while screaming 'Get a move on!' Even the Tories, who you could once rely on to be completely heartless are pretending to care.
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Voting is the foundation stone for political action.
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In America, one of our challenges, historically, is that we have very low voting rates, even during presidential elections.
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A Black man voting for the Republicans makes about as much sense as a chicken voting for Col. Sanders.
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Politics is not just about voting one day every four years. Politics is the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the road we walk on.
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When women got the vote, they did not redefine voting. When African-Americans got the right to sit at a lunch counter alongside white people, they did not redefine eating out. They were simply invited to the table. That is all we want to do; we have no desire to change marriage. We want to be entitled to not only the same privileges but the same responsibilities as straight people.
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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.
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An American presidential campaign resembles a forced march through enemy country.
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Just because I’m a-clappin’ for it, doesn’t mean I’m a-votin’ for it.
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As a citizen, you need to know how to be a part of it, how to express yourself - and not just by voting.
