As long as I count the votes what are you going to do about it?

As long as I count the votes what are you going to do about it?

I always voted at my party's call,
And I never thought of thinking of myself at all.

I always voted at my party's call,
And I never thought of thinking of myself at all.

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.

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.

The people who cast the votes don't decide an election, the people who count the votes do.

The people who cast the votes don't decide an election, the people who count the votes do.

Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.

Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.

Slavery is but half abolished, emancipation is but half
completed, while millions of freeman with votes in their hands read more

Slavery is but half abolished, emancipation is but half
completed, while millions of freeman with votes in their hands
are left without education.

If voting changed anything, they'd abolish it.

If voting changed anything, they'd abolish it.

Your every voter, as surely as your chief magistrate, under the
same high sanction, though in a different sphere, read more

Your every voter, as surely as your chief magistrate, under the
same high sanction, though in a different sphere, exercises a
public trust.