Abraham Lincoln Quotes

Let the people decide whom to vote for, who has more authority. And only people, only our citizens, are able to place the final emphasis, voting for this or that person or political force, or rejecting it. That's democracy.

At the bottom of all the tributes paid to democracy is the little man, walking into the little booth, with a little pencil, making a little cross on a little bit of paper — no amount of rhetoric or voluminous discussion can possibly palliate the overwhelming importance of that point.

Voting is fundamental in our democracy. It has yielded enormous returns.

Only votes talk, everything else walks.

Elections are an enduring spectacle of free India, and have provided foreign journalists with the opportunity to remind the world that India remains the world's largest democracy.

Although elections are not perfect tools for democracy, they reinforce the relationship between the people and their leaders, empowering citizens to remove and replace their governments in a peaceful and orderly manner. The only basis for a peaceful society is providing people with the opportunity to express their opinions and their will, and elections are instrumental in doing so.

Your vote is your voice.

A weapon that comes down as still As snowflakes fall upon the sod ;, But executes a freeman’s will, As lightning does the will of God; And from its force, nor doors nor locks Can shield you;—’tis the ballot box.

Whatever changes a common man wants to bring in the country, he can bring it through the process of voting.

Votes are something that you earn.

I think the voters can make up their own minds.

Voting is an individual, personal thing.

When push comes to shove, people vote alone.

We love the ability of the people to influence the actions of decision-makers, of lawmakers and presidents to be removed from or elevated to office by the will of voters, and of the community to connect amongst diverse populations through the ballot box.

The great constitutional corrective in the hands of the people against usurpation of power, or corruption by their agents is the right of suffrage; and this when used with calmness and deliberation will prove strong enough.

What we are seeing here is democracy in action.

Voting is the first duty of democracy.

We can not have free government without elections. And if the rebellion could force us to forgo, or postpone a national election, it might fairly claim to have conquered or ruined us.

It is not suffrage that gives life to democracy; it is our democratic society that gives life to suffrage.

If you sit on the sidelines [and not vote], you are responsible for what happens.

If the voters vote for the same old thing, they are going to get the same old thing. If they want change, they are going to have to vote for change.

Voting is like alchemy - taking an abstract value and breathing life into it.

Exercising the right to vote is essential to our democracy.

Voting is designed for old people.

I have always said that I believe in the people's right to vote on an issue.