Voting Quotes
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We reject: kings, presidents and voting.
We believe in: rough consensus and running code.
David D. Clark
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Hey, look, my actions don't necessarily reflect my voting record.
Paula Zahn
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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.
Unita Zelma Blackwell
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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.
John Ensign
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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.
Sarah Vowell
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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.
S. I. Hayakawa
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I will not cede more power to the state. I will not willingly cede more power to anyone, not to the state, not to General Motors, not to the CIO. I will hoard my power like a miser, resisting every effort to drain it away from me. I will then use my power, as I see fit. I mean to live my life an obedient man, but obedient to God, subservient to the wisdom of my ancestors; never to the authority of political truths arived at yesterday at the voting booth. That is a program of sorts, is it not? It is certainly program enough to keep conservatives busy, and Liberals at bay. And the nation free.
William Francis Buckley
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It gives me real concern to observe ... that you should think it necessary to distinguish between my personal and public character, and confine your esteem to the former.
George Washington
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A Black man voting for the Republicans makes about as much sense as a chicken voting for Col. Sanders.
J. C. Watts
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Women will do anything Oprah Winfrey says, and that is why we can't have women voting.
Artie Lange
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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.
Boy George
Culture Club
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The short memories of the American voters is what keeps our politicians in office.
Will Rogers