To Make Democracy Work....

The 2011 VOTE begins in just a few short hours - here are some of my favourite all-time quotes on the importance of voting to get you in the spirit!

To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain. 

~ Louis L'Amour 

Mankind will never see an end of trouble until... lovers of wisdom come to hold political power, or the holders of power... become lovers of wisdom. 

~ Plato

The most important political office is that of the private citizen. 

~ Louis Brandeis

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

~ Andrew Lack 

Those who stay away from the election think that one vote will do no good: 'Tis but one step more to think one vote will do no harm. 

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson 

Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost. 

~ John Quincy Adams 

Voters don't decide issues, they decide who will decide issues.

~George F. Will

I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work. We are supposed to work it. 

~Alexander Woollcott

Sooooo.....

Get out there and VOTE tomorrow - have your say in ensuring we live in the Canada YOU want! Bring the kids - mine are right into it this year... I can't wait to bring them with me and let the process sink in. If you aren't sure where your polling station is, click here. 

Have fun!

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