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• Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Gun, Lunch, Democracies Have

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• Voting is simply a way of determining which side is the stronger without putting it to the test of fighting.

  H. L. Mencken

  Fighting, Stronger, Tests

  H.L. Mencken (2013). “Minority Report”, p.312, Knopf

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• Human beings act in a great variety of irrational ways, but all of them seem to be capable, if given a fair chance, of making a reasonable choice in the light of available evidence. Democratic institutions can be made to work only if all concerned do their best to impart knowledge and to encourage rationality. But today, in the world's most powerful democracy, the politicians and the propagandists prefer to make nonsense of democratic procedures by appealing almost exclusively to the ignorance and irrationality of the electors.

  Aldous Huxley

  Powerful, Ignorance, Knowledge

  Aldous Huxley, Robert S. Baker, James Sexton (2002). “Complete Essays: 1956-1963, and supplement, 1920-1948”, Ivan R. Dee Publisher

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• Democracy means far more than the right to vote every five years. It means the right to participate in every aspect of national and community life. The people must believe that they can take part.

  Michael Manley

  Believe, Mean, Rights

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• Democracy is the power of equal votes for unequal minds

  Charles I of England

  Kings, Power, Mind

  "Columbia Dictionary of Quotations". P. 76, 1989.

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• I have made it clear that future candidates need to be completely understanding that they will be expected to vote pro-choice on any bills.

  Justin Trudeau

  Expectations, Choices, Political

  "Justin Trudeau says anti-abortion candidates can't run as Liberals". Interview with Sean Kilpatrick, nationalpost.com. May 7, 2014.

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• I always voted at my party's call, and I never thought of thinking for myself at all.

  W. S. Gilbert

  Party, Thinking, Politics

  H.M.S. Pinafore act 1 (1878)

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• If the right to vote were expanded to seven year olds … its policies would most definitely reflect the ‘legitimate concerns’ of children to have ‘adequate’ and ‘equal’ access to ‘free’ french fries, lemonade and videos.

  Hans-Hermann Hoppe

  Funny, Children, Rights

  Hans-Hermann Hoppe (2011). “DemocracyThe God That Failed: The Economics and Politics of Monarchy, Democracy, and Natural Order”, p.95, Transaction Publishers

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• Voters don't decide issues, they decide who will decide issues.

  George Will

  Issues, Political, Politics

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• Progress has brought us both unbounded opportunities and unbridled difficulties. Thus, the measure of our civilization will not be that we have done much, but what we have done with that much. I believe that the next half century will determine if we will advance the cause of Christian civilization or revert to the horrors of brutal paganism. The thought of modern industry in the hands of Christian charity is a dream worth dreaming. The thought of industry in the hands of paganism is a nightmare beyond imagining. The choice between the two is upon us.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Christian, Dream, Believe

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• Though, when a people shall have become incapable of governing themselves and fit for a master, it is of little consequence from what quarter he comes.

  George Washington

  People, Littles, Fit

  George Washington, Jared Sparks (1835). “The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private”, p.358

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• The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was indeed a vital instrument of democracy, ensuring the integrity and reliability of a democratic process that we as a Country hold so dear.

  Charles Rangel

  Country, Integrity, Rights

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• The increase in straight-ticket party voting in recent years means that competitive congressional races can tip one way or the other depending on the showing of the candidates at the top of the ticket.

  Thomas E. Mann

  Party, Mean, Race

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• If men of wisdom and knowledge, of moderation and temperance, of patience, fortitude and perseverance, of sobriety and true republican simplicity of manners, of zeal for the honour of the Supreme Being and the welfare of the commonwealth; if men possessed of these other excellent qualities are chosen to fill the seats of government, we may expect that our affairs will rest on a solid and permanent foundation.

  Samuel Adams

  Perseverance, Men, Simplicity

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• Free speech is meant to protect unpopular speech. Popular speech, by definition, needs no protection.

  Neal Boortz

  Freedom Of Speech, Needs, Literature

  Neal Boortz (1998). “The Terrible Truth About Liberals”, p.49, Taylor Trade Publishing

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• All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and wrong.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Moral, Vote, Checkers

  Henry David Thoreau (2013). “The Selected Essays of Henry David Thoreau”, p.101, Simon and Schuster

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• A worker voting for Mitt Romney is like a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders.

  Richard Trumka

  Chickens, Workers, Colonels

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• In the history of the nation, there has never been a political party so ridiculous as today's Democrats. It's as if all the brain-damaged people in America got together and formed a voting bloc.

  Ann Coulter

  Party, America, People

  Ann Coulter (2006). “Godless: The Church of Liberalism”, p.84, Crown Forum

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• Don't buy a single vote more than necessary.

  Douglas William Jerrold

  Vote, Election Day, Power Corruption

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  Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you!

  Pericles

  Inspirational, Trust, Witty

  "American Voters Suffer Learned Helplessness" by Andrea Chalupa, bigthink.com. September 7, 2012.

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• Perhaps America will one day go fascist democratically, by popular vote.

  William L. Shirer

  Popular Vote, America, One Day

  The New York Times, p. 36, December 29, 1969.

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• We have a presidential election coming up. And I think the big problem, of course, is that someone will win.

  Barry Crimmins

  Winning, Thinking, Presidential

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• The average man votes below himself; he votes with half a mind or a hundredth part of one. A man ought to vote with the whole of himself, as he worships or gets married. A man ought to vote with his head and heart, his soul and stomach, his eye for faces and his ear for music; also (when sufficiently provoked) with his hands and feet. If he has ever seen a fine sunset, the crimson color of it should creep into his vote. The question is not so much whether only a minority of the electorate votes. The point is that only a minority of the voter votes.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Sunset, Eye, Heart

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• Art is not a democracy. People don't get to vote on how it ends.

  George R. R. Martin

  Art, People, Democracy

  GamePro Magazine Interview, April 08, 2003.

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• I'm not calling for a boycott on voting. But I think it should be very clear that just voting is not going to solve our problems.

  Grace Lee Boggs

  Thinking, Calling, Problem

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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