Voting

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The ballot is stronger than the bullet.

Abraham Lincoln

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Topic

Voting Political theory

Speaker

Abraham Lincoln

Source

Lost Speech

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1856 1850s 19th century

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Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Lost Speech." Anti-Nebraska Bloomington Convention, First Republican State Convention of Illinois. 29 May 1856, Major's Hall, Bloomington, IL, USA.

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Speech at Bloomington, Illinois, May 29, 1856." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832-1858, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

Always vote.

Walt Whitman

Democratic Vistas

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Topic

Voting Civic duty Politics

Author

Walt Whitman

Source

Democratic Vistas

Medium

Essay

Genre

Political literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

English

Time

1871 1870s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Whitman, Walt. Democratic Vistas. Washington D.C.: J. S. Redfield, 1871.

Current Citation

Whitman, Walt. Democratic Vistas, edited by Ed Folsom. University Of Iowa Press, 2009.

One of the nuisances of the ballot is that when the oracle has spoken you never know what it means.

Lord Salisbury

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Topic

Voting Politics

Speaker

Lord Salisbury

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1877 1870s 19th century

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Citation

Lord Salisbury. Renfrew by-election speech. Oct. 1877, UK.

In reality there is no such thing as not voting: you either vote by voting, or you vote by staying home and tacitly doubling the value of some Diehard's vote.

David Foster Wallace

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Topic

Civic duty Voting Politics

Author

David Foster Wallace

Source

David Foster Wallace on John McCain: 'The Weasel, Twelve Monkeys and the Shrub

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

2000 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Wallace, David Foster. "David Foster Wallace on John McCain: 'The Weasel, Twelve Monkeys and the Shrub.'" Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2000.