James Verwey > James's Quotes

“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”
― Isaac Asimov

“Every election is determined by the people who show up.”
― Larry J. Sabato , Pendulum Swing

“Remember something, if you will, about voting: Voting is not a horse race, you're not going there thinking "Gee, I gotta pick the winner so I can brag to my friends 'Oh, I picked so-and-so and he or she won'". Voting is voting your heart and voting your conscience and when you've done that, don't ever, EVER let a Democrat or Republican tell you that you've wasted your vote because the fact is, if you DON'T vote your heart and conscience then you HAVE wasted your vote.”
― Jesse Ventura

“In politics we presume that everyone who knows how to get votes knows how to administer a city or a state. When we are ill... we do not ask for the handsomest physician, or the most eloquent one.”
― Plato

“Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to eat for lunch. Freedom comes from the recognition of certain rights which may not be taken, not even by a 99% vote.”
― Marvin Simkin

“Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.”
― John Quincy Adams

“Do the unexpected. Take 20 minutes out of your day, do what young people all over the world are dying to do: vote.”
― Rick Mercer

“Those who stay away from the election think that one vote will do no good. 'Tis but one step more to think one vote will do no harm.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The tyranny of a majority can be just as cruel as the tyranny of a single dictator, depending on the degree of enlightenment or stupidity of the voting majority.”
― John Hospers, Libertarianism: A Political Philosophy for Tomorrow