All Nigerians of voting age are free to vote based on their convictions. It is our duty to defend and protect that basic right, and – let no one be in doubt – we will. – Goodluck Jonathan
The equality among all members of the League, which is provided in the statutes giving each state only one vote, cannot of course abolish the actual material inequality of the powers concerned. – Hjalmar Branting
First of all, no candidate is going to win by catering to the alleged Occupy Wall Street vote. – Jim DeMint
The alleged menace of universal suffrage having been avoided by the absolute suppression of the negro vote, the spirit of mob murder should have been satisfied and the butchery of negroes should have ceased. – Ida B. Wells
The Liberal Party will not vote – no Liberal member of Parliament will vote – to take away a woman’s right to choose. – Justin Trudeau
People who are disenfranchised politically and people who are poor often don’t vote. They often don’t elect politicians, so the politicians who are supporting them are really being very charitable, because they’re not going to give them billions of dollars in campaign funds. – Joyce Carol Oates
The sight of allegedly sophisticated politicians parroting complete tripe trivialises and demeans government and it has to be stopped. It’s played a significant part in public disillusionment with politics and has led to the absurd situation where more people vote for ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ than voted in the general election. – John Major
In 1965, the attempted march from Selma to Montgomery on March 7 was planned to dramatize to the state of Alabama and to the nation that people of color wanted to register to vote. – John Lewis
Whoever wants Yesh Atid in the government has to vote for us – there’s no other choice. – Isaac Herzog
I have this to say to the people: go the polls and vote for the candidate of your choice… This is your responsibility; do not neglect it. – Hosni Mubarak
Immigration is the issue that tells us who is with us and who is against us; there’s no question about it. And it’s very simple to understand why – half of all Latinos over 18 years of age were born outside the United States. It really makes no sense to attack them and criticize them if you want their vote. – Jorge Ramos
I guess you’d call me an independent, since I’ve never identified myself with one party or another in politics. I always decide my vote by taking as careful a look as I can at the actual candidates and issues themselves, no matter what the party label. – Jackie Robinson
I think that when Americans go to vote, states should not list what party the candidates are affiliated with. That would require voters to actually think and get to know a candidate instead of voting for their favorite gang. ‘Oh, this guy is a Republican, so he must be good.’ – Jesse Ventura
It’s ironic, isn’t it, that one day you’re one of the most conservative members, and then some individual gets mad at you, and they decide to throw millions of dollars against you because you didn’t vote exactly the way they want every day. – James Lankford
To make it hard, to make it difficult almost impossible for people to cast a vote is not in keeping with the democratic process. – John Lewis
In 2008, as a matter of fact, I had people accusing me of being a Senator Obama supporter because I wouldn’t slam him. I said, ‘Well, consider the fact that I voted for impeachment for President Clinton, but it wasn’t a personal vote. I voted based on the facts and the law and the Constitution and what we were dealing with.’ – J. C. Watts
The Pulitzer Prize is an idea; it’s a vote of confidence. Like literature, it exists purely in the mind. – Jeffrey Eugenides
When it comes to international trade, the question is, who is going to write the rules, the United States or China? And my vote is the United States. – John Barrasso
Since the birth of our Nation, no other right has been more important than having the ability to vote. Unfortunately, as history has shown, the denial of this right to minorities is a scar on our system of democracy. – Jan Schakowsky
I never miss a vote; I think that’s the power of the people. A lot of people fought and died for us to have votes, for women to have votes in particular – your vote is your one weapon. – Imelda May
Don’t buy a single vote more than necessary. I’ll be damned if I’m going to pay for a landslide. – Joseph P. Kennedy
All non-incumbent campaigns promise hope and change, but Obama took the promise to a new level of absurdity. He suggested that a vote for him would literally transform the Earth. – John Podhoretz
The new rule in American politics is that no one can make it to the White House without the Hispanic vote. – Jorge Ramos
I just received the following wire from my generous Daddy; Dear Jack, Don’t buy a single vote more than is necessary. I’ll be damned if I’m going to pay for a landslide. – John F. Kennedy
I am for anyone that will give me lower taxes, stop all this stupid spending. Whoever promises me that gets this chicken’s vote. – Joan Rivers
