Ask a man which way he is going to vote, and he will probably
tell you.
Ask him, read more

Ask a man which way he is going to vote, and he will probably
tell you.
Ask him, however, why, and vagueness is all.

The biggest danger for a politician is to shake hands with a man who is physically stronger, has been drinking read more

The biggest danger for a politician is to shake hands with a man who is physically stronger, has been drinking and is voting for the other guy.

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.

A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.

A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.

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.

Your every voter, as surely as your chief magistrate, under the
same high sanction, though in a different sphere, read more

Your every voter, as surely as your chief magistrate, under the
same high sanction, though in a different sphere, exercises a
public trust.

Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.

Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.

Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to read more

Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are right

Don't buy a single vote more than necessary.

Don't buy a single vote more than necessary.