ONE VOTE made Oliver Cromwell Lord Protector of the Commonwealth and gave him control of England. (1645)

ONE VOTE caused Charles I to be executed. (1649)

ONE VOTE kept Aaron Burr – later charged with treason – from becoming President. (1800)

ONE VOTE elected Marcus Morton governor of Massachusetts. (1839)

ONE VOTE made Texas part of the United States. (1845)

ONE VOTE saved President Andrew Johnson from impeachment. (1868)

ONE VOTE changed France from a monarchy to a republic. (1875)

ONE VOTE admitted California, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho into the Union. (1850, 1850, 1889, 1890)

ONE VOTE elected Rutherford B. Hayes to the Presidency, and the man in the Electoral College who cast that vote was an Indiana Representative also elected by ONE VOTE. (1876)

ONE VOTE made Adolf Hitler head of the Nazi Party. (1923)

ONE VOTE maintained the Selective Service System only 12 weeks before Pearl Harbor. (1941)

ONE VOTE per precinct would have elected Richard Nixon, rather than John Kennedy, President. (1960)

Other worthwhile quotations:

"Individual voters make their collective voices heard because it is in their interest to take part."

"Education is a surer defense of liberty than a standing army." – Senator Charles Sumner

"Remember, if all you do is vote, you are doing more than 50% of the American public."

"Citizens who do not vote have no political influence. Citizens who only vote have little political influence."

"Democracy is the right of the majority to make a stupid mistake."

"Legislation gets passed when legislators recognize that constituents care about it."

"Bad officials are elected by good people who do not vote."

"Our form of government responds to those who make the most noise."

"Those who claim to be above politics are really saying that democracy is beneath them."

(The preceding was brought to you by the Iowa State Educator Association, normally an anti-libertarian organization, but in this case advocating sound recommendations for political activism. I wonder if they realize these positions will result in the transformation and renewal of public education through privatization?)