1. “It’s very important to vote. People died for this right.” -Lenny Kravitz “I knew that I could vote and that that wasn’t a privilege. It was my right. Every time I tried I was shot, killed, beaten or economically deprived.” -Stokley Carmichael “The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.” -Lyndon B. Johnson Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.” -Franklin D. Roosevelt A Citizen Participation Campaign Vote Quotes

2. “Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.” -George Jean Nathan “People who don’t vote have no line of credit with people who are elected and thus pose no threat to those who act against our interest.” -Marian Wright Edelman “The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference and undernourishment.” -Robert Hutchins Lower voter participation is a silent threat to our democracy … It under-represents young people, the poor, the disabled, those with little education, minorities …” -Nancy Neuman A Citizen Participation Campaign Vote Quotes

3. “People often say that, in a democracy, decisions are made by a majority of the people. Of course, that is not true. Decisions are made by a majority of those who make themselves heard and who vote – a very different thing.” -Walter Judd “Campaign talk tells people who you want them to think you are. How you vote tells people who you really are deep inside.” -Zell Miller “ … Words are (used) to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interest.” -Gore Vidal “When you get ready to vote, make sure you know what you are doing.” -Robert Hunter A Citizen Participation Campaign Vote Quotes