Your every voter, as surely as your chief magistrate, exercises a public trust.

Your every voter, as surely as your chief magistrate, exercises a public trust.

... the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his read more

... the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.

Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good.

Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good.

When a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me.

When a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me.

Half of the American people never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same read more

Half of the American people never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.

Among free men there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet.

Among free men there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet.

Where annual elections end, there slavery begins.

Where annual elections end, there slavery begins.

Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

You can milk a cow the wrong way once and still be a farmer, but vote the wrong way on read more

You can milk a cow the wrong way once and still be a farmer, but vote the wrong way on a water tower and you can be in trouble.