Behave honorably to maintain the motivation for growth and understanding. And as always, 

Well I say this, all these misguided concoctions that are named here "psychoactive drugs" as well as marijuana, should be banned from the environment, along with alcohol, because the mentally healthy insist on fully realized human potential and civilization.

Voting doesn't mean too much, its the person who's continually prepares themselves for the challenge that the environmental conditions offer that performs the leadership responsibilities, and

We all have our priorities, do we not?

Voting for the "winning" candidate is similar to alienating yourself from life, because that candidate has historically tried to take us away from progress.   

We need progress. There's no party program or any progressive organization. Progress arrives through the medium of an independent minded individual with ideas of hopes and dreams of and for change.

Don't have the vaguest notion of what she saying, but we should not permit pornography in our communities. Pornography demonstrates and represents disrespectful, degrading, moral misrepresentation the judge did, however, say something about predation which pornography promotes.  Eliminate pornography for the purpose of moral balance.  

Don't honestly understand this quote, but we are in need as a community of life promoting ideas.  The election process appears to have a practice of electing the individual where success of the candidate depends most effectively on their "ability" of evading progress, essentially the individual with the least life promoting ideas.  

Mike, Norwalk, fair is an adult, unbiased, transparent, all pervasive consensus principled agreement,  that rejuvenates the maintenance of individual/community connection and condition. 

For one thing we don't have a complete democracy.   Our populous arrangement is a juvenile delinquent mob mentality, who are messed up in the mind in the same basic degree.  The mind development we need to reach a democracy level can only be attained with more advanced social behavioral skills practices.

This is a different connotation of my statement of not voting for elected officials. Normally, the elected would use the word vote in the place of choice. Actually going the choice route of principle is going to take away from the voting booth and to your own message and interestingly he implies this when he says you're  alone.    

I think we are in need of a third option, considering this quote. The choice we need is equality, order,  justice, and happiness. Let us not forget this possibility, because it is in reality the only one, the challenge is to reach that reality.

The selection process should not concern itself with elected candidates, but concern should focus on elected terminologies, ideologies, ideas and directions of governing, to find the general and best interest of the citizenry. 

Mike, Norwalk, not sure what you are asserting, but I presume you are asking what contributions have I made?  Mike, simply put, I believe I have drawn us closer to our adult role.  Lao Tsu states; "fine sounding words are not true, the truth is not fine sounding."  This is the expression of a child and the typical conventional response.  The adult however, through finding their social qualities, appreciate the truth and find that the truth is fine sounding and fine sounding words are true. 

Mr Acton makes a valid point with the  concentration of the emphasis in the hands of few. The emphasis should be placing responsibility obligations on all members of the community. Not sure how to respond to absolute power however, for absolute authority rests in the heart of whom wields it morally.

We the people are going to have to prioritize our concerns. Priorities should be directed towards human sensitivities, capacities, and capabilities, this would cause an immediate cessation of the desire for firearms, and weaponry in general.

In a democracy with time and experience the citizens will understand the importance of proper resource allocation. Democracy is the belief in humanity and it's promising potential.  

We need law-abiding citizens. We need ideas and creativity, people who are interested in rules and laws so we preform the vital functions to maintain our species. 

The will of the people becomes deluted in the voting procedure. Each and every individual has an obligation and responsibility to make efforts to present themselves before the national community and state their vision for the future of the American dream. This may appear a daunting task, but it must start at the local level, but the most problem resolving message must be and can be achieved to seek out and find the best course of action for our communities, local and national.  Let your message be made available to all.  

Mike, Norwalk, you must understand that to the Socialist, strength and violence are polar opposites. Nonviolence is the very essence of the human character is the belief of the Socialist. Nonviolent excellence is the Socialist goal.   

Mike, Norwalk, a Socialist makes no decision that is not completely fair to all participants. A Socialists favors no one, not themself, no one in the decision process, and that is the rational supporting foundation for making the appropriate decisions.

President Lincoln, probably unaware fully, is making the point here, in a rational estimate, of the futility of the voting process. We need to give everyone their day at making the governmental institutional decisions that develop our national community. That is what democracy truly entails. Everyone must have their day at the democratic pulpit of fairness and decency.

Mike, Norwalk, I just don't understand the rest of your post, but have a good day all the same. Maybe I understood none of your post, but I did my best all the same to respond. Socialism is the challenge of socialized behavior to create.

Mike, Norwalk, I can only explain that I didn't say a majority vote wasn't a majority vote.  Socialism I can also explain, does not challenge socialized behavior, but accepts it and that is the challenge in the "antisocial social club" (psychotic) normal behavioral atmosphere. 

This is an uncoordinated quote and misguided at best. The very act of the voting procedure divides and dissects our problem solving ambitions by pitting the candidates against each other and not appreciating any positive qualities of the competitors. We don't need voting, we need reasonable solutions that people can clearly see formulating as the presenter gets a chance to provide a valid solution. Socialism is the challenge to create.