“Elections belong to
the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire
and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.”
Abraham Lincoln
Following his brief
inaugural address to the Congress, President George Washington and his party
walked over to St. Paul 's
Church for divine services. His prayer that afternoon was: 'Almighty God, we
make our earnest prayer that Thou wilt incline the hearts of the citizens to
cultivate a spirit of subordination and obedience to government; to entertain a
brotherly affection and love for one another and for their fellow-citizens of
the United States at large.'
George Washington
The elective
franchise, if guarded as the ark of our safety, will peaceably dissipate all
combinations to subvert a Constitution, dictated by the wisdom, and resting on
the will of the people.
Thomas Jefferson,
The Jeffersonian Cyclopedia, John P. Foley, ed. (New York: Funk & Wagnalls
Company, 1900), p. 842.
“When the people find
that they can vote themselves money that will herald the end of the republic.”
Benjamin Franklin
The people who cast
the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.
Joseph Stalin
Bipartisan usually
means that a larger-than-usual deception is being carried out.
George Carlin
We stand today at a
crossroads: One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other leads
to total extinction. Let us hope we have the wisdom to make the right choice.
Woody Allen
Don’t buy a single
vote more than necessary. I’ll be damned if I’m going to pay for a landslide.
Joseph P. Kennedy
By the time a man gets
to be presidential material, he’s been bought ten times over.
Gore Vidal
The best argument
against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
Winston Churchill
But in this country we
have one great privilege which they don't have in other countries. When a thing
gets to be absolutely unbearable the people can rise up and throw it off.
That's the finest asset we've got -- the ballot box.
Mark Twain
"There is only
one redeeming thing about this whole election. It will be over at sundown, and
let everybody pray that it's not a tie, for we couldn't go through with this
thing again.
And, when the votes are counted, let everybody, including the candidates, get into a good humor as quick as they got into a bad one.
Both gangs have been bad sports, so see if at least one can't redeem themselves by offering no alibis, but cooperate with the winner, for no matter which one it is the poor fellow is going to need it.
So cheer up. Let's all be friends again. One of the evils of democracy is you have to put up with the man you elect whether you want him or not. That's why we call it democracy."
And, when the votes are counted, let everybody, including the candidates, get into a good humor as quick as they got into a bad one.
Both gangs have been bad sports, so see if at least one can't redeem themselves by offering no alibis, but cooperate with the winner, for no matter which one it is the poor fellow is going to need it.
So cheer up. Let's all be friends again. One of the evils of democracy is you have to put up with the man you elect whether you want him or not. That's why we call it democracy."
DT #1953, Nov. 7, 1932.
Will Rogers
"It ain't over till it's over!"
Yogi Berra
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