"Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote
that he is not making a present or a compliment to please an
individual--or at least that he ought not so to do; but that he
is executing one of the most solemn trusts in human society for
which he is accountable to God and his country. "
Samuel Adams, The Writings of Samuel Adams, Harry Alonzo Cushing, editor (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1907), Vol. IV, p. 256.
(I hope every US Citizen performed their duty as a citizen and voted.)
Part of the November Challenge which is A Song, A Poem or A Proverb.