Voting Quotes

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

All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and wrong. Henry David Thoreau

Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good. H L Mencken

Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost. John Quincy Adams

A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user. Theodore Roosevelt

Hell, I never vote for anybody, I always vote against. W. C. Fields

If pigs could vote, the man with the slop bucket would be elected swineherd every time, no matter how much slaughtering he did on the side. Orson Scott Card

Vote for the man who promises least. He’ll be the least disappointing. Bernard Baruch

I’d rather vote for something I want and not get it than vote for something I don’t want, and get it. Eugene Debs

The voters have spoken – the bastards! Morris Udall

A whore’s vote is just as good as a debutante’s. Sam Rayburn

Voters don’t decide the issues, they decide who will decide issues. George F Will

When the political columnists say ‘Every thinking man’ they mean themselves, and when candidates appeal to ‘Every intelligent voter’ they mean everybody who is going to vote for them. Franklin P Adams

Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody. Franklin P Adams