Anna Howard Shaw Quotes

It is a paradox that far too few Americans participate in the wonderful ritual of democracy that we call Election Day.

Voting is the most powerful nonviolent tool that we have.

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

It's heartbreaking that so many hundreds of millions of people around the world are desperate for the right to vote, but here in America people stay home on election day.

If Voting Changed Anything, They’d Abolish It

You’ve got the strongest hand in the world, the hand that marks the ballot, the hand that pulls the voting lever. Use it, will ya? Use it!”

We need to say to everyone on Election Day, 'Those of you who helped make this a good day, you need to go out and help us finish the job.'

I don't vote.

My generation, we really have to step up to the plate and vote. Tweeting is great - people say, 'Oh, I don't want this or that' - but at the end of the day, tweeting isn't a ballot. Just saying that you don't like someone on Twitter is not going to turn a state blue or red. You have to vote.

Get out and vote. If you can't vote, then register other people to vote. Get people to the polls; make sure that people who need to vote can vote.

Democracy is not what we hate the most and what we fear the most. We need to stand up.

We can change the direction of the country with our vote.

There is a weapon we can fight with. That is the weapon of political action.

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.

Working people vote!

Do the unexpected. Take 20 minutes out of your day, do what young people all over the world are dying to do: vote.

The American future is here, and there's great news: the future votes.

Our only hope is to control the vote.

I'm a very bad citizen. I've never even voted.

The most powerful thing we own is our vote.

I don't vote. I don't do no voting.

We must demonstrate our power by exercising our right to vote.

More Americans bowl than vote.

Elections aren't just about who votes but who doesn't vote.

I do vote. I have voted ever since I've been eligible to vote.