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Vote Quotes

"Vote for me and I will ensure that everyone gets enough to eat and a place to stay."

Khaleda Zia, Bangladeshi Statesman

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"Every vote counts and every vote must be counted."

Barbara Mikulski, American Politician

"And political parties, overanxious for vote catching, become tolerant to intolerant groups."

Wendell Willkie, American Lawyer

"I'm inclined to vote for Roberts unless something else comes up. It's a close call."

Max Baucus, American Politician

"It is better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for what you don't want and get it."

Eugene V. Debs, American Politician

"I did not choose necessarily on the basis of significance. If you have a vote for the most significant athlete, then you have Ali, then you have Babe Ruth, then you have Michael Jordan."

Dick Schaap, American Journalist

"I don't want to come to Washington to be just another vote. I want to lead on issues that are important."

Mel Martinez, American Politician

Vote, Want, Washington

"I am not interested in splitting the white vote."

Harold Washington, American Politician

"We don't want someone who will get 98 percent of the vote. We want someone who will get 51 percent of the vote."

Ann Coulter, American Journalist

Vote, Want, Will

"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, American President

"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, American Diplomat

"Everybody expects that their vote's going to count."

Stephanie Tubbs Jones, American Politician

"A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows."

O. Henry, American Writer

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

George Jean Nathan, American Editor

"Why they vote for me is irrelevant, but if they do, they're in safe hands."

Pim Fortuyn, Dutch Politician

"I think it's important to vote."

Vivienne Westwood, English Designer

"I want to make an extremely strong appeal to those who abstained. Vote. It takes five minutes and then it's for five years."

Laurent Fabius, French Statesman

Vote, Want, Years

"You must see the persons who are in charge - persons you can punish or vote for."

Joschka Fischer, German Politician

"Vote early and vote often."

Al Capone, American Criminal

"I don't feel responsible for things I didn't vote for."

Byron Dorgan, American Politician

"You get to know them, they get to know you and see if they like you. Then they'll vote on you to become a prospect. You have to be sponsored by a Hells Angel."

Chuck Zito, American Celebrity

"When you get ready to vote, make sure you know what you are doing."

Robert Hunter, American Musician

"No, you can't call your vote in. You have to be there on the floor to vote."

Gary Ackerman, American Politician

"I never vote for anyone. I always vote against."

W. C. Fields, American Comedian

"I would never say somebody had to vote for anybody. That would be terrible. I haven't said that."

Pat Robertson, American Clergyman

"It takes ground activity to stimulate that Black vote."

Eddie Bernice Johnson, American Politician

"I would not vote for the mayor. It's not just because he didn't invite me to dinner, but because on my way into town from the airport there were such enormous potholes."

Fidel Castro, Cuban Statesman

"Perhaps we'll realize that each of us has not one vote but ten thousand or a million."

David R. Brower, American Environmentalist

"Whenever a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me."

Harry S. Truman, American President

"It doesn't matter who you vote for. It's still the same billionaires that run the world."

Geezer Butler, English Musician

"Voting is a civic sacrament."

Theodore Hesburgh, American Clergyman

"I will vote my hopes and not my fears."

Herb Kohl, American Politician

"You can't vote that water out of the city of New Orleans."

Russel Honore, American Soldier

"Genre categories are irrelevant. I dislike them, but I do not have the casting vote."

Tanith Lee, British Writer

"Our share of the vote overall rose by less than 1 per cent - yes, that's right: less than 1 per cent."

Francis Maude, British Politician

"Anybody who knows me knows my vote can't be bought."

Judy Davis, Australian Actress

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