The voting booth joint is a great leveller; the whole neighborhood-rich, poor, old, young, decrepit and spunky – they all turn out in one day. [DAVID BYRNE]

One of the penalties for refusing to participate for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. [PLATO]

Voting is about as essential as washing yourself. It’s something you’re supposed to do. Now, you can’t go around bragging, expecting to get props because you voted. That’s stupid. [CHUCK D]

It’s not the voting that’s democracy; it’s the counting. [TOM STOPPARD]

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion. [DEMOCRITUS]