Vote.

I’m told that when we have something important to say, we should say it as succinctly as possible. I don’t always adhere to this, but here goes…

Don’t fear. Don’t dread. Don’t complain. Don’t regret…. VOTE!

Or, as said by others more esteemed and eloquent than I:

“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” 

– Plato

“Someone struggled for your right to vote. Use it.” 

– Susan B. Anthony

“The most important office, and the one which all of us can and should fill, is that of private citizen.” 

– Louis Brandeis
American Lawyer and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

“The only way to practice democracy, is to practice democracy.”

— Hu Shih

“Elections belong to the people.” 

– Abraham Lincoln