“I never voted for anybody. I always voted against.”
W.C. Fields (1880–1946) actor
As recounted by Robert Lewis Taylor in W.C. Fields: His Follies and Fortunes
Variant: I never vote for anyone; I always vote against.
Magazine ISTOÉ Gente http://www.terra.com.br/istoegente/359/reportagens/capa_hebe_02.htm, Edição 359
“I never voted for anybody. I always voted against.”
W.C. Fields (1880–1946) actor
As recounted by Robert Lewis Taylor in W.C. Fields: His Follies and Fortunes
Variant: I never vote for anyone; I always vote against.
“I have never voted a party line.I vote on the individual and the issues.”
Walter Cronkite (1916–2009) American broadcast journalist
Free the Airwaves! (2002)
Noam Chomsky (1928) american linguist, philosopher and activist
Source: Quotes 1960s-1980s, 1970s, Government in the Future, 1970, p. 140.
“Half the American people never read a newspaper. Half never vote for President — the same half?”
Gore Vidal (1925–2012) American writer
Sometimes quoted as: Half of the American people never read a newspaper. Half never voted for president. One hopes it is the same half.
[Bill, Maxwell, http://www.sptimes.com/2002/07/07/Columns/In_gloomy_times__let_.shtml, In gloomy times, let's try to find a sense of humor, St. Petersberg Times, 2002-07-07, 2008-10-04]
Variant: Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.
Source: 1990s, Screening History (1992), Ch. 1: The Prince and the Pauper, p. 5
“Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.”
Lucy Parsons (1853–1942) American communist anarchist labor organizer
Lucy Parsons: Freedom, Equality & Solidarity - Writings & Speeches, 1878-1937
“I'm never bringing a bill to the floor that doesn't have the votes.”
Nancy Pelosi (1940) American politician, first female Speaker of the House of Representatives, born 1940
2021
“A people divided over the right to vote can never build a Nation united.”
Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973) American politician, 36th president of the United States (in office from 1963 to 1969)
1960s, Special message to Congress on the right to vote (1965)
“I will never tell you how to vote. If I do, don't listen to me.”
Bernie Sanders (1941) American politician, senator for Vermont
Snopes.com found no record of Sanders saying those words. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bernie-sanders-told-supporters-hed-never-tell-them-how-to-vote/ May be derived from a statement during an MSNBC town hall in April 2016:<br><br>We are not a movement where I can snap my fingers and say to you or to anybody else what you should do, because you won't listen to me. You shouldn't. You'll make these decisions yourself. <br class="br">Misattributed
“There never can be a convention… that shall bind my vote against my will on any question whatever.”
James A. Garfield (1831–1881) American politician, 20th President of the United States (in office in 1881)
Speech at the 1880 Republican National Convention http://fairfaxfreecitizen.com/2015/07/02/22640/ <br class="br">1880s