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"If we can not trust a freeman with his right to keep and bear arms, then how can we trust him with the right to vote. Surely the right of a freeman to vote has a much greater effect on our collective lives than does any individual's firearm. If one argues that the effect of any one freeman's vote is minimal, then why allow it in the first place To be armed is to secure one's right to representation." »Thomas Mincher
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"I have come to the conclusion that the 22nd Amendment limiting the presidency to two terms was a mistake. Shouldn't the people have the right to vote for someone as many times as they want to vote for him" »Ronald Reagan
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"People vote their resentment, not their appreciation. The average man does not vote for anything, but against something." »William Bennet Munro
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"The vote on the Peacekeeper is also a vote on Geneva. Rejecting the Peacekeeper will knock the legs out from under the negotiating table. (On importance of the MX missile)" »Ronald Reagan
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"Let your life be a counter friction to stop the machine." »Henry David Thoreau
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"vote early and vote often." »Al Capone
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"It's counter to common sense, but common sense is only based on a very small subset of the universe." »Ian J. Davenport
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"I never vote for anyone I always vote against." »W. C. Fields
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"I never vote for anyone; I always vote against." »W.C. Fields
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"Ask a man which way he is going to vote, and he will probably tell you. Ask him, however, why, and vagueness is all." »Beranrd Levin
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"Truth is not determined by majority vote." »Doug Gwyn
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"A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows." »O. Henry, "A Ruler of Men."
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"Democracy is being allowed to vote for the candidate you dislike least." »Robert Byrne
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"Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote." »George Jean Nathan
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"Republicans have been accused of abandoning the poor. It's the other way around. They never vote for us." »J Danforth Quayle
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"In democracy its your vote that counts. In feudalism its your count that votes." »Mogens Jallberg
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"A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user." »Theodore Roosevelt
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"Every time you spend money, you're casting a vote for the kind of world you want." »Anna Lappe
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"What is politics but persuading the public to vote for this and support that and endure these for the promise of those" »Gilbert Highet
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"When the political columnists say 'Every thinking man' they mean themselves, and when candidates appeal to 'Every intelligent voter' they mean everybody who is going to vote for them." »Franklin P. Adams
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"For what were all these country patriots born To hunt, and vote, and raise the price of corn" »George Gordon Byron
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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 on my way into town from the airport there were such enormous potholes." »Fidel Castro
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"As people do better, they start voting like Republicans- unless they have too much education and vote Democratic, which proves there can be too much of a good thing." »Karl Rove, March 19, 2001
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"When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic. Sell not liberty to purchase power." »Benjamin Franklin
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"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." »John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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"Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good." »H.L. Mencken
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"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!" »Benjamin Franklin, 1759
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"A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election." »Bill Vaughan
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"A democracy is two wolves and a small lamb voting on what to have for dinner. Freedom under a constitutional republic is a well armed lamb contesting the vote." »Benjamin Franklin
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"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until a majority of voters discover that they can vote themselves largess out of the public treasury." »Alexander Tyler
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