You can milk a cow the wrong way once and still be a farmer, but vote the wrong way on read more

You can milk a cow the wrong way once and still be a farmer, but vote the wrong way on a water tower and you can be in trouble.

I hope that no American . . . will waste his franchise and throw
away his vote by voting read more

I hope that no American . . . will waste his franchise and throw
away his vote by voting either for me or against me solely on
account of my religious affiliation. It is not relevant.

... the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his read more

... the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.

When he first ran for office, he appealed to the voters: "I never stole anything in my life. All I read more

When he first ran for office, he appealed to the voters: "I never stole anything in my life. All I ask is a chance.".

If voting changed anything, they'd abolish it.

If voting changed anything, they'd abolish it.

Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and
heart to this vote.

Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and
heart to this vote.

Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we read more

Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do.

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

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

Ask a man which way he is going to vote, and he will probably
tell you.
Ask him, read more

Ask a man which way he is going to vote, and he will probably
tell you.
Ask him, however, why, and vagueness is all.