Why We Vote and Why it Matters
7 inspirations to help us remember to let our voices be heard
“A vote is a kind of prayer for the world we desire for ourselves and our children.”
—Sen Raphael Warnock of Georgia
Today is a big day for us in the United States.
In the spirit of the extraordinary privilege we have right now to choose who we wish to lead us, I have put some uplifting quotations together with a few photos I’ve made over the years.
May this inspirational wisdom help us remember why we vote and why it matters.
Which of these selections speaks loudest to you?
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Inspirational wisdom and photo series
We the People
Photos by Stephanie Bennett Vogt
“Someone struggled for your right to vote. Use it.”
—Susan B. Anthony
"There's no such thing as a vote that doesn't matter."
—Barack Obama
“Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people."
—Harry Emerson Fosdick
“We do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.”
—Thomas Jefferson
“Voting is the expression of our commitment to ourselves, one another, this country, and this world.”
—Sharon Saltzberg
“Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.”
—Roald Dahl
Speaking of people power
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Love this quote!” Someone struggled for your right to vote. Use it.”
—Susan B. Anthony
I’m using my voice and vote today to vote for a woman who I know will help us heal this country with kindness and a strong to do list!
Thank you Mrs. Vogt. The first photograph reminds me of my late mother. She was an American History teacher at our high school in Florida when I was an early teenager. She instilled in me a love and appreciation for education and American History. She and several of her students even worked together and got Eleanor Roosevelt to visit the high school! Needless to say, I got to be excused from the nearby junior high, come over to the high school, and meet and shake hands with Mrs. Roosevelt. I have never forgotten that, nor could I. Mrs. R spent winters vacationing with family and friends in our area, so ergo the contacts. Made the paper next day, too. Very cool.