Young Voters

Famous quotes containing the words young and/or voters:

    There was a young lady called Maud,
    A sort of society fraud.
    In the parlor, ‘tis told,
    She was distant and cold,
    But on the verandah, my Gawd!
    Anonymous.

    All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and wrong, with moral questions; and betting naturally accompanies it. The character of the voters is not staked. I cast my vote, perchance, as I think right; but I am not vitally concerned that right should prevail. I am willing to leave it to the majority.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)