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“Voting is the least arduous of a citizen's duties. He has the prior and harder duty of making up his mind.”

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Book:The Citizen Decides: A Guide to Responsible Thinking in Time of Crisis

Source: The Citizen Decides: A Guide to Responsible Thinking in Time of Crisis

“Communism is a form of government under which every citizen at election time enjoys the privilege of voting Yes.”

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Author:Evan Esar

“Republicans are systematically and deliberately trying to stop millions of American citizens from voting. What part of democracy are they afraid of? I call on Republicans at all levels of government, with all manner of ambition, to stop fear mongering about a phantom epidemic of election fraud. I'm calling for universal, automatic voter registration, every citizen in every state in the union.”

“A share in the sovereignty of the state, which is exercised by the citizens at large, in voting at elections is one of the most important rights of the subject, and in a republic ought to stand foremost in the estimation of the law...That portion of the sovereignty, to which each individual is entitled, can never be too highly prized. It is that for which we have fought and bled.”

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Author:Alexander Hamilton

“Let the people decide whom to vote for, who has more authority. And only people, only our citizens, are able to place the final emphasis, voting for this or that person or political force, or rejecting it. Thats democracy.”

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Author:Dmitry Medvedev

“In a well-functioning democracy, citizens have the option of voting their political masters out of office. Not so in most companies.”

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Author:Gary Hamel

“The language we share is at the core of our identity as citizens, and our ticket to full participation in American political life. We can speak any language we want at the dinner table, but English is the language of public discourse, or the marketplace and of the voting booth.”

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Author:S. I. Hayakawa

“American democracy is supposed to be the paradigm for the rest of the world, and it no longer is. Citizens cannot be guaranteed that they can walk into a voting booth with any assurance that their vote will be counted.”

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Author:Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

“We all need to get out of our safety zones too. In addition to voting, we need to embarrass people who don't do the right thing. It's going to take citizen action.”

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Author:Marian Wright Edelman

“People are discouraged from voting and part of what is important for Latino citizens is to make your voice heard, because you're not just speaking for yourself. You're speaking for family members, friends, classmates of yours in school.”

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Author:Barack Obama

“There is a lack of interest in voting in the United States, and that troubles me. It is very necessary that people get registered, study the issues and be aware of the politics of our country. We will really be set back if people don't take the time to learn about the candidates who are concerned about the well-being of all the citizens and vote.”

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Author:Rosa Parks

“Active people to revitalize what is really the root of democracy: citizens communicating with each other. Democracy is not just about voting, it's about citizens talking with each other about the issues which concern them. We've lost a great deal of that in the age of the mass media.”

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Author:Howard Rheingold

“No matter what name we give it or how we judge it, a candidate's character is central to political reporting because it is central to a citizen's decision in voting.”

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Author:Roger Mudd

“Bad officials are the ones elected by good citizens who do not vote.”

“As a citizen, you need to know how to be a part of it, how to express yourself - and not just by voting.”

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Author:Sandra Day O'Connor

“A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election.”

“When a citizen gives his suffrage to a man of known immorality he abuses his trust; he sacrifices not only his own interest, but that of his neighbor; he betrays the interest of his country.”

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Book:A Collection of Papers on Political, Literary, and Moral Subjects

Source: A Collection of Papers on Political, Literary, and Moral Subjects

“Every citizen of this country should be guaranteed that their vote matters, that their vote is counted, and that in the voting booth, their vote has a much weight as that of any CEO, any member of Congress, or any President.”

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Author:Barbara Boxer

“Democracy is not just voting for your leaders; it's really premised upon ordinary citizens understanding the issues.”

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Author:Howard Rheingold

“The most important office, and the one which all of us can and should fill, is that of private citizen.”

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Author:Louis D. Brandeis

“Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule—and both commonly succeed, and are right.”