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~ Is there no virtue among us? If there be not, we are in a wretched situation. No theoretical checks -- no form of government can render us secure. To suppose liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea. If there be sufficient virtue and intelligence in the community, it will be exercised in the selection of these men. So that we do not depend on their virtue, or put confidence in our rulers, but in the people who are to choose them. ~

James Madison

~ Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. ~

George Bernard Shaw

~ Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates. ~

Alfred Emanuel Smith

~ Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. ~

George Bernard Shaw

~ History has to be rewritten because history is the selection of those threads of causes or antecedents that we are interested in. ~

O. W. Holmes, Jr.

~ Those who stay away from the election think that one vote will do no good: 'Tis but one step more to think one vote will do no harm. ~

Ralph Waldo Emerson

~ Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few ~

George Bernard Shaw

~ If you're inclined to worry, society sure has given you a good selection. ~

Mark Twain

~ But I was amazed at how organized the Palestinian election authority was, how competent they were in setting up their polling places and the poll workers they had. ~

Joe Biden

~ We further decree that the Senate of the United States elect a prominent Democrat as their presiding officer, to act as President until the next election, and to reconstruct the Cabinet according to our wishes hereafter to be declared. ~

Joshua A. Norton

~ It is essential for genetic material to be able to make exact copies of itself; otherwise growth would produce disorder, life could not originate, and favourable forms would not be perpetuated by natural selection. ~

Maurice Wilkins

~ The Democrats think Republicans are stealing elections. The Republicans think Democrats are stealing elections. And those of us independent of the two old parties know they are both right. ~

Kevin Zeese

~ The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the party that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections. ~

Lord Acton

~ As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests. ~

Gore Vidal

~ I think my election is one of several indications that gay and lesbian folk are being brought more into the center of things. I'd like to think that my election signals my bringing of gay and lesbian folk into the center of the church. ~

Gene Robinson

~ We have built a genuine level of enthusiasm and goodwill with people throughout this district. People are really excited about the possibilities this election holds, not just for this district, but because of the message Alabama sent to the rest of the country. ~

Artur Davis

~ At election time, we see politicians posturing as if they were in the center, because the center really determines the outcome of American elections, ... Washington Unwrapped. ~

Richard Darman

~ Their rejection of Hamas after it had won the election... confirms that there is a Crusader-Zionist war against Muslims. ~

Osama Bin Laden

Gene Robinson

~ People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election. ~

Otto von Bismarck

~ The Democrats think Republicans are stealing elections. The Republicans think Democrats are stealing elections. And those of us independent of the two old parties know they are both right. ~

Kevin Zeese

~ Free elections, a free press, and and an independent judiciary mean little when the free market has reduced them to commodities available on sale to the highest bidder. ~

Arundhati Roy

~ A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy but won't cross the street to vote in a national election ~

Bill Vaughn

~ A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy but won't cross the street to vote in a national election ~

Bill Vaughn

~ War, n: A time-tested political tactic guaranteed to raise a president’s popularity rating by at least 30 points. It is especially useful during election years and economic downturns. ~

Chaz Bufe

~ Volunteering is the ultimate exercise in democracy. You vote in elections once a year, but when you volunteer, you vote every day about the kind of community you want to live in. ~

Unknown

~ A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election. ~

Bill Vaughan

~ An election is coming. Universal peace is declared and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry. ~

T.S. Eliot

~ Do you ever get the feeling that the only reason we have elections is to find out if the polls were right? ~

Robert Orben

~ We always want the best man to win an election. Unfortunately, he never runs. ~

Will Rogers

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