65 Ballot Quotes for You to Enjoy

The ballot is stronger than the bullet. Abraham Lincoln

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In each and every election, it's your rights, it's your freedoms, it's your interests that are on the ballot. Todd Young

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Here, in this very first paragraph of the Declaration, is the assertion of the natural right of all to the ballot; for how can 'the consent of the governed' be given if the right to vote be denied? Susan B. Anthony

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It's not opinion polls that determine the outcome of elections, it's votes in ballot boxes. Nicola Sturgeon

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It is true that power corrupts. The hope at the polling stations and the actions of the elected representatives, unfortunately, often turn to be opposite. The power of ballot turns into the power of wallet. Some law-makers become law-breakers. Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

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One of the nuisances of the ballot is that when the oracle has spoken you never know what it means. Lord Salisbury

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The secret ballot makes a secret government; and a secret government is a secret band of robbers and murderers. Lysander Spooner

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Given the right to a free ballot, the people would support my return. Benazir Bhutto

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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. Zendaya

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If I put myself on the ballot and even 50 people voted for me, it'd be a travesty. Al Franken

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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. Ambrose Bierce

Exxon, Coca-Cola, BHP Billiton and News Corporation have much more say in organising the global agenda than the planet's 5 billion mature-age voters without a ballot box. Bob Brown

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There are many hands touching ballots after a voter drops his ballot into the ballot box. There is no guarantee of ballot secrecy for anyone, which makes the whole system vulnerable to intimidation and bribery. Bob Schaffer

Vote counting and ballot collecting does not occur in the light of day. There are too many occasions when observers and opposing parties lose contact with the ballots. Bob Schaffer

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You're not going to get a chance to vote for me on the ballot, but you can actually vote for what I believe in. Carl Lewis

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In a mature democracy, what is legal is decided by parliament... Our process is legitimised by parliament and by the ballot box. Carles Puigdemont

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South Australia was the first community to give the secret ballot for political elections. Catherine Helen Spence

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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. Charles B. Rangel

The beauty of our democracy lies in the American value of equality: if you vote, you have a seat at the table. If you speak, you have a chance to persuade others. A billionaire and a minimum wage earner have the same power at the ballot box. Christine Pelosi

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Civil rights leaders, including my husband and Albert Turner, have fought long and hard to achieve free and unfettered access to the ballot box. Mr. Sessions has used the awesome power of his office to chill the free exercise of the vote by black citizens in the district he now seeks to serve as a federal judge. Coretta Scott King

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