George Takei Quotes

The democratic process is only as great as the people who participate in it.

I believe that people who do not vote in this country have no right to complain about the government that we are now living under. By the same token, if you don't really vote in television, you're never going to have your way. Write a letter to the president of the network.

Part of the problem you have is that you don't have a dialogue between elected officials and their constituents. They've built these barricades, these barriers around themselves and tried to avoid interaction with their constituents.

Abstention is a dereliction of citizenship: always cast a vote, if only to cast stones at the most hated.

We pride ourselves on our democracy, but when you see the way it actually works, I think it is worthy of contempt.

If everybody just stops caring about politics, we're going to lose the reins on our government.

We... are not really free if we can't control our own government and its policies. And we will never do that if we remain ignorant.

I want the Congress that really is going to listen to the people. I really don't care what party it is anymore.

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.

I believe that everyone should participate in democracy and enjoy doing it.

The truly powerful feed ideology to the masses like fast food while they dine on the most rarified delicacy of all: impunity.

The American public should simply accept no distractions. In our democracy, it is our duty to hold our elected leaders accountable. We do it at the ballot box.

I kinda halfway paid attention to politics during my early years, but the older you get, the more you realize it's very important to pay attention to who gets elected. They can ruin the country.

The political system is broke. It doesn't matter who the leader is if you are frozen in time and your hands are tied. Social media is so strong that minority groups get a huge say.

In other words, the bar should be maintained at the level of a pluralistic and participatory democracy.

I detest politics, to be honest with you. It's a cesspool. And I don't think I would fare well in that cesspool because I don't believe in political correctness and I certainly don't believe in dishonesty.

I am more convinced than ever that a lively two party system is essential to our democracy.

I feel it's a person's duty to participate in the governing of the country in which he lives.

It is not the Government, the members of Parliament to whom the ultimate decision belongs, it is up to you to go forward sure of your sacred right of free opinion, sure of your patriotism.

I'm one of those goobers who comes out of the polling place actually wearing the 'I VOTED' sticker on my jacket.

This country has always been run by elite, and it's an elitist democracy. And that's not a radical concept. It's elitist democracy. When people talk about democracy, they don't talk - really talk about participatory democracy, until the point that we get us at Election Day.

I mean those people who are interested in good government will certainly contribute in order to make certain there's some counter-balance to those whose interests in good government is less.

Well, I couldn't do the day-to-day stuff of being a politician or anything, but I just think everybody should have an opinion and everybody should vote, and that's what we're built on.

The whole idea of a democracy is that we ourselves, the people, are supposed to make a path of our politics, and it is we who with our feet and our vote and our labors and our vigilance are supposed to shape our country.

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