It is important for Americans to vote because once said "One vote changed our senate completely ". In other word a single vote can change everything about what is a law and what is not.
I would love to help you but what quotation is it? Heres some information on Thomas Paine, Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. Written in clear and persuasive prose, Paine marshaled moral and political arguments to encourage common people in the Colonies to fight for egalitarian government.
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