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“Dictators are not in the business of allowing elections that could remove them from their thrones.”
― Gene Sharp, From Dictatorship to Democracy

tags: dictatorships, elections

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#2

“Pops added,"you know, they say if you don't vote, you get the government you deserve."
"And if you do, you never get the results you expected," (Katherine) replied.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly

tags: democracy, disappointments, election, election-results, elections, false-hope, funny, gadfly, general-election, general-elections, governments, humor, humour, i-didn-t-vote, i-hate-politics, i-voted, logic, paradox, political, politicians, results, sad-but-true, satire, voting, wise-sayings

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#3

“Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.”
― Frederick Douglass

tags: abolition, human-rights, politics, slavery, suffrage

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