Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2022-11-01 Nov 1, 2022Compassion is the use of public funds to buy votes.~ Thomas SowellWe will all be better citizens when voting records of our Congressmen are followed as carefully as scores of pro-football games.~ Lou EricksonIf ... our bureaucratic masters are becoming more akin to Soviet-style or Eastern European counterparts, it was rarely seen as a plus that those central schemers had wonderful intentions with their five-year plans. Such goals as "job safety," "equality," and freedom from "discrimination," depending on their definitions, may be good things for society, but they were never intended to be the business of the federal government.~ William P. Hoar Oct 31, 2022Suppression of expression conceals the real problems confronting a society and diverts public attention from the critical issues. It is likely to result in neglect of the grievances which are the actual basis of the unrest, and this prevent their correction.~ Thomas I. EmersonIf a single writer in a country is in chains, then there are some links of that chain that binds us all.~ Vaclav HavelYour book is dedicated by the soundest reason. You had better get out of France as quickly as you can.~ Voltaire Oct 28, 2022It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.~ Tom StoppardHistory is fables agreed upon.~ VoltaireThe short memories of the American voters is what keeps our politicians in office.~ Will Rogers Oct 27, 2022If voting changed anything, they would make it illegal.~ Emma GoldmanThe great thing about democracy is that it gives every voter a chance to do something stupid.~ Art SpanderParticipation is an instrument of conquest because it encourages people to give their consent to being governed. ... Deeply embedded in people's sense of fair play is the principle that those who play the game must accept the outcome. Those who participate in politics are similarly committed, even if they are consistently on the losing side. Why do politicians plead with everyone to get out and vote? Because voting is the simplest and easiest form of participation by masses of people. Even though it is minimal participation, it is sufficient to commit all voters to being governed, regardless of who wins.~ Theodore Lowi Oct 26, 2022Ten million ignorances do not constitute one knowledge.~ Clemens von MetternichUnless they can pass the same test that immigrants must pass to become citizens, people shouldn't be allowed to vote. The idea that there is some public benefit in ignoramuses and morons pulling levers next to names on a ballot is one of the evil myths of post-modern America. The purpose of voting, in our country, is to select men and women with the competence and integrity to operate the mechanics of government fixed by our Constitution. For this process to have any public benefit requires that the choices be made on an intelligent, knowledgeable and reasoned basis.~ Charley ReeseEvery election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.~ H. L. Mencken Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print