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Inspirational Quotes on Voting

  • "The ballot is stronger than the bullet." - Abraham Lincoln Source: Abraham Lincoln's Collected Works, Volume 8
  • "The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all." - John F. Kennedy Source: A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House
  • "Elections belong to the people. It's their decision." - Abraham Lincoln Source: Abraham Lincoln: A Biography
  • "Democracy is not just the right to vote, it is the right to live in dignity." - Naomi Klein Source: This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
  • "A man without a vote is a man without protection." - Lyndon B. Johnson Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1963
  • "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." - Franklin D. Roosevelt Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933
  • "The right to vote is the right upon which all other rights depend." - Thomas Paine Source: Common Sense
  • "The vote is precious. It is almost sacred. It is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have in a democracy." - John Lewis Source: Across the Bridge: A Memoir
  • "The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." - Winston Churchill Source: A History of the English-Speaking Peoples
  • "Every election is determined by the people who show up." - Larry J. Sabato Source: The Party's Over: The Collapse of the American Directorial Democracy