Barack Obama Quotes

I have not met, in Afghanistan, in even the most remote community, anybody who does not want a say in who governs them. Most remote community, I have never met a villager who does not want a vote.

Recognition of the principle ‘one man, one vote’ as a constitutional one redeems the promise of self-governance by affirming the essential dignity of every citizen to equal participation in the democratic process.

How few of the human race have ever enjoyed an opportunity of making an election of government for themselves and their children.

A sense of nationhood does not prepare a people for instant democracy.

I hope that TVA will constitute the 49th State.

A president's power is limited. We need to vote down the ballot as well, from your councilman all the way up to your governors and congressman.

I can't control what other people do or say. I can only control the one vote I've been bestowed upon by the people in the Tennessee Valley.

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.

To involve young people and make sure that the system is more relevant to them in Scotland, we have a clear obligation to implement a policy of home rule.

In a democracy there are only two types of power: there's organized people and organized money, and organized money only wins when people aren't organized.

Separation and devolution are two completely different concepts which cannot be mixed together. One is not a stop on the way to the other.

I'm not searching for ways to tell the District of Columbia what to do.

I've always been hopeful about Scotland's prospects. And I now believe more than ever that Scotland is within touching distance of achieving independence and equality.

Africans require, want, the franchise on the basis of one man one vote. They want political independence.

There's a temptation not to vote at all as a protest, but it's definitely not a protest. In fact, all it does is keep the people in power in power, and I don't think they should be.

Trumpeting the importance of voting deludes people into thinking that they have a leash on the government.

People who don't vote have no line of credit with people who are elected and thus pose no threat to those who act against our interests.

What's the point of elections if everything is already decided?

It is perfectly evident to any logical mind that when you have got the vote, by the proper use of the vote in sufficient numbers, by combination, you can get out of any legislature whatever you want, or, if you cannot get it, you can send them about their business and choose other people who will be more attentive to your demands.

Voters do not decide issues. They decide who will decide issues.

Elections belong to the people. It is their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.

The Negro has not only come into the Democratic Party, but the Negro has come into control of the Democratic Party.

The Members of the Parliament shall be bound solely by their own conscience and not by any directions given by their electors.

I can't strong-arm my members. They vote the way they want to.

Voting is the first duty of democracy.