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Voter: someone smart enough to choose how to be fooled. — Jakub Bozydar Wisniewski

A wasted vote is voting for someone that you don't believe in — Gary Johnson

Voting is simply a way of determining which side is the stronger without putting it to the test of fighting. — H.L. Mencken

The universe is not rich enough to buy the vote of an honest man. — Pope Gregory I

Gay people who want to marry have no desire to redefine marriage in any way. When women got the right to vote, it did not redefine voting. — Cynthia Nixon

The more that voting is glorified as a panacea, the more lackadaisical people become about preserving their constitutional rights. — James Bovard

I vote Democrat because I love the fact that I can now marry whatever I want. I've decided to marry my German Shepherd. — David Letterman

We live in a country where voting rights get gutted but Sharknado gets a sequel. — John Fugelsang

Poor people have been voting for big government liberalism for 50 years... and they are still poor. — Charles Barkley

The voting records of virtually every member of Congress reveal that the oath of office is more a ceremonial gesture than a sacred commitment. — Tom Coburn

Good intentions are ubiquitous in politics; what is scarce is accurate beliefs. — Bryan Caplan

I have never voted in my life ... I have always known and understood that the idiots are in a majority so it's certain they will win. — Louis-Ferdinand Celine

ELECTOR, n. One who enjoys the sacred privilege of voting for the man of another man's choice. — Ambrose Bierce

Women will do anything Oprah Winfrey says, and that is why we can't have women voting. — Artie Lange

We don't vote for people because they are the exact embodiment of our values, but because they are likely to be the most responsive to them. — Charles M. Blow

Let the black man vote when he is fit to vote; prohibit the white man voting when he is unfit to vote. — Warren G. Harding

Voting for the Green Party is how you say 'Up Yours!' to the Republicans and Democrats. — Steven Magee

All you need to know is this. You can never go wrong by voting for a bill that fails, or against a bill that passes. — Bob Dole

I voted for every woman who has to leave a baby too soon, who has to downgrade her career, or who is made to feel invisible in her role as a mother. — Erin Passons

If voting doesn't change anything, it is just a drama of democracy. — Shesh Nath Vernwal

The changes that take place when liberal Democrats replace not so liberal or compassionate Republicans (or Democrats) are merely cosmetic. — David T. Dellinger

Touch screen voting is a fine thing so long as they have a voter-verified paper trail. — Joan Blades

Voting is a right best exercised by people who have taken time to learn about the issues. — Tony Snow

They wear suits, that's why they are lazy. They are servants, they are supposed to serve us. You can't build an RDP house with a tie. — Julius Malema

The apathy of the modern voter is the confusion of the modern reformer. — Learned Hand

It is the moral duty of every US voter to guarantee that Barack Hussein Obama is a one-term president. — Michel Templet

Presidents are selected, not elected. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

Eventually I foresee voting on the Internet, which will lead to much more direct democracy. — Dick Gephardt

I think you have to ask yourself does voting work on the level that you are trying to effectuate change; that is the conversation you must have. — Lupe Fiasco

When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers. — John Calvin

There are two political truisms: Old people vote and Republicans eat their young. — Eddie Whitlock

What ass first let loose the doctrine that the suffrage is a high boon and voting a noble privilege? — H.L. Mencken

I think it's difficult for members of Congress to be as independent as they need to be in their voting. — Jim Moran

A lot of people voting for Pat Buchanan say they are doing so to send a message. Apparently that message is, 'Hey, look at me, I'm an idiot.' — Dennis Miller

Trumpeting the importance of voting deludes people into thinking that they have a leash on the government. — James Bovard

A functional media is as important to democratic freedom as voting. — Jay Griffiths

If exercising the right to vote were truly effective, the government would not be so eager to promote it. — Andrew P. Napolitano

To take away (voting) is to reduce a man to slavery. — Thomas Paine

We've got two parties." "No you do not. You have only the party of the banks, of the money men, and they divide it into two pieces for your voting. — Gregory Benford

In democracy, our most important tool is to vote. But our power tool is when we have the power to influence others on who to vote for. — Ben Tolosa

There can no longer be anyone too poor to vote. — Lyndon B. Johnson

Voting Labour in the past hasn't protected Scotland against Tory governments. — Nicola Sturgeon

I already see what kind of man he is, this Valentin. The sort who will adduce an array of liberal reasons for voting for a conservative. — Momus

Both bad driving and bad voting are dangerous not merely to the individual who practices them, but to innocent bystanders. — Bryan Caplan

Once they are aroused, once they are determined, nothing on earth and nothing in heaven will make women give way; it is impossible. — Emmeline Pankhurst

A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election. — Bill Vaughan

I vote Democrat because Freedom of Speech is fine as long as nobody is offended by it. — David Letterman

When public access to voting is impaired or when public confidence in voting is diluted, democracy suffers and our freedom is less secure. — DeForest Soaries

We hope for the best, if elections are conducted like this all over South Africa we can indeed say we welcome any results and accept them. — Julius Malema

The voting booth is the only place that a pauper equals a billionaire, and any woman equals any man. — Gloria Steinem

Something that I've struggled with for awhile is looking at our country voting on sound bites, and to me, character is really important. — Taya Kyle

It's very hard to understand when you're not out there but voting somebody off on Survivor almost feels like you're killing them. — Aras Baskauskas

At least I never voted Republican. -Tony Kushner — Larry Smith

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. — Winston S. Churchill

Voting for the right is doing nothing for it. — Henry David Thoreau

Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. — James Bovard

If you don't have voter ID, you can just keep voting and voting and voting. — Donald Trump

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 Blackwell

Voting Tory will cause your wife to have bigger breasts and increase your chances of owning a BMW M3. — Boris Johnson

As Negro voting increased, Congress got an improved sense of hearing. — W.E.B. Du Bois

Just because a group does not take its decisions by voting does not mean they have no understanding of the essence of democracy. — George Ayittey

The rational and peacable instrument of reform, the suffrage of the people. — Thomas Jefferson

Voting is a civic sacrament - the highest responsibility we have as Americans. — Christine Pelosi

The masses who complain about bad leadership must first check their unbiased choices. — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago it's a sport. — Dick Gregory

Vote early and vote often. — Al Capone

Voting is easy and marginally useful, but it is a poor substitute for democracy, which requires direct action by concerned citizens. — Howard Zinn

Let me ... warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party. — George Washington

American youth attributes much more importance to arriving at driver's license age than at voting age. — Marshall McLuhan

If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal. — Emma Goldman

Later that year, the Voting Rights Act opened the door for thousands to register for the first time. — Junius Williams

Truth be told, except for foreign policy, Ron Paul's voting record and mine are virtually identical and I wear it as a badge of honor. — Paul Broun

The results will be very good. — Jacob Zuma

I believe that voting is the first act of building a community as well as building a country. — John Ensign

Thinking isn't agreeing or disagreeing. That's voting. — Robert Frost

Our youth [with their overwhelming support of Obama] are voting for a permanent tax on their life — Dennis Prager

From casting to counting, our votes must be better protected in all voting systems. — Mimi Kennedy

Voting isn't the most we can do, but it is the least. — Gloria Steinem

New Jersey, in 1844, became the last state to add the qualifying male to citizen, and women who had been voting all along could not vote anymore. — Ann Jones

Among free men there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet. — Abraham Lincoln

Voting is the least arduous of a citizen's duties. He has the prior and harder duty of making up his mind. — Ralph Barton Perry

A worker voting for Mitt Romney is like a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders, — Richard Trumka

If you vote for Al Smith, you're voting against Christ and you will all be damned. — Mordecai Ham

If voting changed anything... I'd still laugh! — Matt Paradise

What mostly prevents black people from voting is that drug laws send them to prison, and then they can't vote. — Bill Maher

A vote should be generative, not like business as usual, which is what voting feels like for most of us. — Eileen Myles

Republican primary voters, whether they're close primaries or open, are voting for anybody but candidates attached to the Republican establishment. — Rush Limbaugh

People must not vote thinking the evil will lose, but for valuing their existence — M.F. Moonzajer

There's no such thing as a vote that doesn't matter. — Barack Obama

Don't forget to vote for Bill Clinton and Al Gore. Stay home if you're voting for Dole. — Eleanor Mondale

I don't think with today's technology we can have a voting system that is fully electronic that can be trusted. — Avi Rubin

Democrats are the only reason to vote for Republicans — Will Rogers

There's really no point to voting. If it made any difference, it would probably be illegal. — H.L. Mencken

The Bowery station on the J line is what happens to a neighborhood once politicians realize the people who live there don't vote. — Andrew Vachss

I'm so insane, I voted for Eisenhower. Oh yeah, well I'm so insane, I voted for Eisenhower TWICE! — Ken Kesey

We are not voting for health care if we do not resolve this language on public funding for abortion - no public funding for abortion. — Bart Stupak

Vote. Even if they are all hopelessly inadequate, pick the least terrible one and vote. My mother fought hard to get you that vote. — Rowan Coleman

We will see at the end of the day. I don't like to speculate. Our goal in this election is to do better than in the last one. — Helen Zille

My office is committed to tearing down unlawful barriers to voting to ensure that all eligible voters are able to freely cast a ballot. — Eric Schneiderman

I think America causes cancer, longevity is less important than fun, and young people should be discouraged from voting. — Bill Maher