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“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 quotes
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“Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.”

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“In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority”
Edmund Burke quotes (British Statesman and Philosopher, 1729-1797)
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“If you have been voting for politicians who promise to give you goodies at someone else's expense, then you have no right to complain when they take your money and give it to someone else, including themselves”
Thomas Sowell quotes (American Writer and Economist, b.1930)
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“Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich by promising to protect each from the other”
Oscar Ameringer quotes
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“Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner”
James Bovard quotes
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“The next time they give you all that civic bullshit about voting, keep in mind that Hitler was elected in a full, free democratic election”
George Carlin quotes (American stand-up Comedian, Actor and Author. b.1937)
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“The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.”
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes (American 36th US President (1963-69). 1908-1973)
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“A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.”
Theodore Roosevelt quotes (American 26th US President (1901-09), 1858-1919)
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“Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.”
Oscar Wilde quotes (Irish Poet, Novelist, Dramatist and Critic, 1854-1900)
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“There isn't any finer folks living than a Republican that votes the Democratic ticket.”
Will Rogers quotes (American entertainer, famous for his pithy and homespun humour, 1879-1935)
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