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Quote of the Day - October 19, 2011

by FSM: QUOTE OF THE DAY October 19, 2011
 
“I'm sure you've heard friends say, ``Oh, my vote won't matter.'' Well, the next time someone says that to you, I hope you'll remember that time and again, over the years, elections have turned on a handful of ballots. In 1960 President Kennedy was elected by a margin of just one vote in each precinct around the nation. In 1976 the Presidential election turned on two States: one was won by six votes a precinct; the other by only a single vote a precinct. And in the last 26 years more than 50 U.S. Senate and House races have been won by fewer than a thousand votes. But even when elections aren't that close, your ballot counts, because in voting, you're accepting your part in the greatest decision making body the world has ever known, the American electorate. And as someone who's stayed up late on many election nights waiting to hear how the American people had decided, I can tell you that from where I sit -- whether elections are close or not -- every vote is important.”
 
Ronald Reagan (1911 – 2004), 40th President of the United States, speaking in a radio address to the nation on voter participation, October 18, 1986.
 

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