What Does It Mean to Vote?

Information is the currency of democracy.
--Thomas Jefferson

A man without a vote is man with-out protection.
--Lyndon B. Johnson

The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.
--Lyndon B. Johnson

Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
--John Adams

Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.
--Franklin D. Roosevelt

A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
--Theodore Roosevelt

No nation can remain both ignorant and free.
--Thomas Jefferson

I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crises. The great point is to bring them the real facts.
--Abraham Lincoln

The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.
--James Madison

Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with reason and justice.
--Harry S. Truman

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Minus the visuals, the above is the bulletin board I put together earlier this week. Might be over the heads of many of the kids who look at it, but I'd rather do that than talk down to them. And most kids will be oblivious to it no matter what I do, anyway.