Harry Emerson Fosdick
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2Louis Brandeis
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3Peggy Noonan
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4Sharon Salzberg
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5Alexander Hamilton
Getty Images“This process of election affords a moral certainty that the office of President will seldom fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications.”
6Nanette L. Avery
Nanette L. Avery"Talk is cheap, voting is free; take it to the polls."
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7Debbie Stabenow
Country Living“Democracy is about voting and it’s about a majority vote. And it’s time that we started exercising the Democratic process.”
8Jose Marti
"The first duty of a man is to think for himself."
9Monica Crowley
Country Living"Voting is as much an emotional act as it is an intellectual one."
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10Jenna Bush
Country Living"We can all agree on the importance of voting."
11Keith Ellison
Country Living"Not voting is not a protest. It is a surrender."
12Barack Obama
Country Living"There's no such thing as a vote that doesn't matter."
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13Jens Stoltenberg
Country Living“By voting, we add our voice to the chorus that forms opinions and the basis for actions.”
14Alan Moore
Country Living"People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people."
15Beth Broderick
Country Living"I love voting day. I love the sight of my fellow citizens lining up to make their voices heard."
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16Thomas Jefferson
Design: Emily Schiff-Slater“We do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.”
17George Jean Nathan
Design: Emily Schiff-Slater“Bad officials are elected by good citizens who don’t vote.”
18Roald Dahl
Design: Emily Schiff-Slater“Somewhere inside of all of us is the power to change the world.”
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19Abraham Lincoln
Design: Emily Schiff-Slater“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.”
20Theodore Hesburgh
Design: Emily Schiff-Slater“Voting is a civic sacrament.”
Jessica Leigh Mattern is a web editor and writer who covers home, holiday, DIY, crafts, travel, and more lifestyle topics. Prior to working for Country Living, she wrote for several lifestyle and women’s magazines including Woman’s Day, Cosmopolitan, and Redbook
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