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“The citizen who thinks he sees that the commonwealth's political clothes are worn out, and yet holds his peace and does not agitate for a new suit, is disloyal, he is a traitor. That he may be the only one who thinks he sees this decay, does not excuse him: it is his duty to agitate anyway, and it is the duty of others to vote him down if they do not see the matter as he does.”

Ifs Thinking May Doe Matter Political Duty Citizens Clothes Vote Excuse Suits Decay Worn Traitor Commonwealth Worn Out Agitate Disloyal

Book:A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Source: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

“A vote for change is a vote for a stronger, safer, healthier America. A vote for Bush is a vote for a divided, unstable, paranoid America. It is our duty to this beautiful land to let our voices be heard. That's the reason for the tour. That's why I'm doing it.”

Reason America Beautiful Voice Heard Land Duty Vote Stronger Divided Paranoid Unstable Beautiful Land

Author:Dave Matthews

“We are making politics a spectator sport in which our only duty is to vote somebody into office and then retire to the grandstands.”

Sports Duty Office Vote Retiring Spectators

Author:David Gergen

“No officer should be required or permitted to take part in the management of political organizations, caucuses, conventions, or election campaigns. Their right to vote and to express their views on public questions, either orally or through the press, is not denied, provided it does not interfere with the discharge of their official duties. No assessment for political purposes on officers or subordinates should be allowed.”

“Every American citizen must have an equal right to vote. There is no reason which can excuse the denial of that right. There is no duty which weighs more heavily on us than the duty we have to ensure that right.”

Reason Duty Citizens Equal Vote Excuse Denial No Reason American Citizens Right To Vote Voting Rights Act

Author:Lyndon B. Johnson

“To vote is like the payment of a debt, a duty never to be neglected, if its performance is possible.”

Ifs Duty Performances Vote Debt Voting Neglected Payment

Author:Rutherford B. Hayes

“Impress upon children the truth that the exercise of the elective franchise is a social duty of as solemn a nature as man can be called to perform; that a man may not innocently trifle with his vote; that every elector is a trustee as well for others as himself and that every measure he supports has an important bearing on the interests of others as well as on his own.”

Men Wells May Children Important Social Interest Support Duty Exercise Vote Voting Impress Solemn Trifles Trustees Elections And Voting Not Voting

Book:Speeches on various occasions

Source: Speeches on various occasions

“A Christian's first duty is to God. It then follows, as a matter of course, that it is his duty to carry his Christian code to the polls and vote them... If Christians should vote their duty to God at the polls, they would carry every election, and do it with ease... it would bring about a moral revolution that would be incalculably beneficent. It would save the country.”

Ifs Should Firsts Country Matter Would Be Christian Courses Moral Duty Revolution Vote Election Code Ease Polls Elections And Voting Duty To God

Author:Mark Twain

“I vote and I do jury duty.”

Duty Vote Jury Jury Duty

Author:Christopher Hitchens

“Protecting the integrity of every vote cast is among the most important duties I have as governor.”

Important Duty Integrity Vote Casts Governors

Author:Pat McCrory

“We have a duty to our country to participate in the political process. See, if you believe in freedom, you have a duty to exercise your right to vote to begin with. I'm [here] to encourage people to do their duty, to go to the polls. I want all people, no matter what their political party is or whether they even like a political party, to exercise their obligation to vote.”

People Ifs Want Believe Country Matter Political Process Party Duty Exercise Vote No Matter What Obligation Our Country Political Parties Polls If You Believe Right To Vote

Author:George W. Bush

“I spent several years in a North Vietnamese prison camp in the dark, fed with scraps. Do you think I want to do that all over again as vice president of the United States? The vice president has two duties. One is to break a tie in case of a tie vote in the United States Senate... The other is to inquire daily as to the health of the president. Neither one of those are very challenging as compared to being able to live for a good part of the time in the state of Arizona.”

Thinking Want Years Two States President Challenges Dark United Break Cases United States Duty Vote Prison Vices Ties Feds Camps Senate Scrap Vice President Arizona Vietnamese

Author:John McCain

“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.”

Men Mean Choices Opinion Expression Duty Vote Privilege Another Man Ballots Suffrage Right To Vote Nouns

Author:Ambrose Bierce