In terms of voting reminders, this meager editorial space probably ranks somewhere between a radio playing at low volume and a mailing flyer bound for the garbage – that is to say, if there’s still a question in your mind over whether you’re going to make the time to vote next Tuesday, Nov. 6, there’s probably not a lot this editorial can do about it.
So rather than scribe some heavy-handed reminder about the importance of voting to the life of this country, its Democracy and our way of life, we thought we’d let some historical figures say it much more eloquently – and succinctly – than we ever could.
But please, make your voice heard on Nov. 6. Get out and cast your vote.
“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
“Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.”
– George Jean Nathan
“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
“Suffrage is the pivotal right.”
– Susan B. Anthony
“Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.”
– Franklin D. Roosevelt
“The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.”
– John F. Kennedy
“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 interests.”
– Marian Wright Edelman
“Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.”
John Quincy Adams