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

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

I truly believe that before I retire from public office, I'll be voting for a woman for president.

I truly believe that before I retire from public office, I'll be voting for a woman for president.

The people who cast the votes don't decide an election, the people who count the votes do.

The people who cast the votes don't decide an election, the people who count the votes do.

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.

Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we read more

Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do.

Don't buy a single vote more than necessary.

Don't buy a single vote more than necessary.

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

The freeman casting, with unpurchased hand,
The vote that shakes the turrets of the land.

The freeman casting, with unpurchased hand,
The vote that shakes the turrets of the land.

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.