Molly Ivins Quotes

Don’t vote. it only encourages the bastards.

I think the words 'vote strategically' translates in the human brain to: 'Oh I can't vote for what I want.' And that's discouraging.

I don't feel responsible for things I didn't vote for.

When politics is interesting, people go vote.

The most powerful thing we own is our vote.

Exercising the right to vote is essential to our democracy.

You're not just voting for an individual, in my judgment, you're voting for an agenda. You're voting for a platform. You're voting for a political philosophy.

I am actually not that much into voting.

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

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

I have always voted for who I believed was the best person.

There are ways to pursue political change. In a democracy, it's through the ballot box. There are other ways, and many democracies have many different systems of democracy.

I never ever paid attention to any election.

Voting is an individual, personal thing.

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.

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

Well, I've been a Republican for all of my voting life.

I have never voted in my life.

As an American citizen, one has to vote. If we don't vote, we're not doing our part. We'll become some sort of oligarchy.

The president said, 'You've got to vote your conscience.

Its easy to view politicians as corrupt and voting essentially an act of picking the lesser of two evils. I understand that perspective and feel it's valid.

Suffrage, noun. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot. The right of suffrage (which is held to be both a privilege and a duty) means, as commonly interpreted, the right to vote for the man of another man's choice, and is highly prized.

Spaniards have always shown great maturity and great common sense when it comes to voting.

But no, I'm not political. My obligation is to pull the lever and elect somebody who's going to make life a little better for everybody, especially those who don't have as much good fortune as others.

Why do the people humiliate themselves by voting? I didn't vote because I have dignity. If I had closed my nose and voted for one of them, I would spit on my own face.