~VOTING~

"The average man votes below himself; he votes with half a mind or a hundredth part of one. A man ought to vote with the whole of himself, as he worships or gets married. A man ought to vote with his head and heart, his soul and stomach, his eye for faces and his ear for music; also (when sufficiently provoked) with his hands and feet. If he has ever seen a fine sunset, the crimson colour of it should creep into his vote... The question is not so much whether only a minority of the electorate votes. The point is that only a minority of the voter votes." ~Gilbert K. Chesterton

"The best arguement against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." ~Winston Churchill

"To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain." ~Louis L'Amour

"Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote." ~George Jean Nathan

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

"Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half." ~Gore Vidal

"Those who stay away from the election think that one vote will do no good: 'Tis but one step more to think one vote will do no harm." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson