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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.
If voting changed anything, they'd abolish it.
If voting changed anything, they'd abolish it.
I would not vote for the mayor. It's not just because he didn't
invite me to dinner, but because read more
I would not vote for the mayor. It's not just because he didn't
invite me to dinner, but because on my way into town from the
airport there were such enormous potholes.
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
Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is read more
Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.
All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing read more
All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and wrong.
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.
I hope that no American . . . will waste his franchise and throw
away his vote by voting read more
I hope that no American . . . will waste his franchise and throw
away his vote by voting either for me or against me solely on
account of my religious affiliation. It is not relevant.