It’s more essential now than ever to cast your ballot. While the importance of voting has probably been hammered into your head since the day you turned 18, some of you probably still wonder, what’s the point? These insightful voting quotes are here to remind you why it's your civic duty to get out there and vote. Election results can often come down to a select few who decided voting is worth the effort.
Not sure you’re registered to vote? Head to vote.org to check your voter registration status. Simply search by your state of residence and provide basic information like name, birthday and zip code. If your information doesn't pop up, take a few minutes to register to vote and if needed, request an absentee ballot. Then when it’s time to vote (whether it’s for a community election or the big one in November 2020), read these election quotes one more time, soak in their words of wisdom, and head to the polls.
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1
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Betsy Farrell
Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.
The most important office, and the one which all of us can and should fill, is that of private citizen.
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3
Larry J. Sabato
Betsy Farrell
Every election is determined by the people who show up.
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4
Peggy Noonan
Betsy Farrell
Our political leaders will know our priorities only if we tell them, again and again, and if those priorities begin to show up in the polls.
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5
Lyndon B. Johnson
Betsy Farrell
This right to vote is the basic right without which all others are meaningless. It gives people, people as individuals, control over their own destinies.
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6
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Betsy Farrell
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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7
Sharon Salzberg
Betsy Farrell
Voting is the expression of our commitment to ourselves, one another, this country, and this world.
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8
Roald Dahl
Betsy Farrell
Somewhere inside of all of us is the power to change the world.
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9
George Jean Nathan
Betsy Farrell
Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.
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10
Michelle Obama
Betsy Farrell
You’ve got to vote, vote, vote, vote. That’s it; that's the way we move forward.
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11
Loung Ung
Betsy Farrell
When we vote, we take back our power to choose, to speak up, and to stand with those who support us and each other.
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12
Pat Mitchell
Betsy Farrell
If we don’t vote, we are ignoring history and giving away the future.
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13
Pericles
Betsy Farrell
We do not say that a man who takes no interest in politics is a man who minds his own business; we say that he has no business here at all.
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14
Stephen Colbert
Betsy Farrell
Can't wait for tomorrow when I get to exercise my patriotic duty as an American: Complaining about how long it's taking to vote.
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15
Margaret Mead
Betsy Farrell
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world: indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.
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16
Naomi Klein
Betsy Farrell
Democracy is not just the right to vote; it is the right to live in dignity.
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17
Marian Wright Edelman
Betsy Farrell
Democracy is not a spectator sport.
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18
Elizabeth Bishop
Betsy Farrell
Democracy in the contemporary world demands, among other things, an educated and informed people.
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19
John Lewis
Betsy Farrell
The vote is precious. It is the most powerful non-violent tool we have in a democratic society, and we must use it.
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20
Barack Obama
Betsy Farrell
There’s no such thing as a vote that doesn’t matter. It all matters.