10 Powerful Quotes on Elections By World Leaders 

Producer: Nishad T

The ballot is stronger than the bullet.                         Abraham Lincoln

Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.                         — Abraham Lincoln

The future of this republic is in the hands of the American voter.           — Dwight D. Eisenhower

The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.                     — Lyndon B. Johnson

A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.                    Theodore Roosevelt

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.                      — Winston Churchill

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.            — Martin Luther King, Jr

The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.                             — John F. Kennedy

We do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.                          — Thomas Jefferson

A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation.            James Freeman Clarke