“ Civic duty? Perhaps it would be a little naive to try to coerce me into voting. I assure you my basic standards of healthy living are very different from yours, which is the reason I do not vote. You… Criss Jami
“ When widely followed public figures feel free to say anything, without any fact-checking, it becomes impossible for a democracy to think intelligently about big issues. Thomas L. Friedman
“ When the democrats choose not to be democratic, democracy fails to be democratic. Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
“ As long as there exist stupid people supporting stupid governments in their countries, people living in those countries will continue fluttering badly in the cesspool created by this utter foolishness… Mehmet Murat ildan
“ If you are stupid enough not to know the difference between the devil and the angel, you quickly find the devil! This is what happens to most people in democracies just after elections! Mehmet Murat ildan
“ The ruling power is always faced with the question, ‘In such and such circumstances, what would you do?’, whereas the opposition is not obliged to take responsibility or make any real decisions. George Orwell
“ ...they say if you don't vote, you get the government you deserve, and if you do, you never get the results you expected. E.A. Bucchianeri
“ [The American President] has to take all sorts of abuse from liars and demagogues.… The people can never understand why the President does not use his supposedly great power to make ’em behave. Well,… Harry Truman
