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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.
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.
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
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.
He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine,
would vote for nothing but a read more
He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine,
would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks.
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.
If voting changed anything, they'd abolish it.
If voting changed anything, they'd abolish it.
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.