“It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.”
Tom Stoppard
“People often say that, in a democracy, decisions are made by a majority of the people. Of course, that is not true. Decisions are made by a majority of those who make themselves heard and who vote - a very different thing.”
Walter H. Judd
“Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.”
John Quincy Adams
“The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them.”
Karl Marx
“The average man votes below himself; he votes with half a mind. A man ought to vote with the whole of himself. The question is not so much whether only a minority of the electorate votes. The point is that only a minority of the voter votes.”
G.K. Chesterton
“Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.”
Franklin Pierce Adams
“Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.”
George Jean Nathan
