James Verwey

“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

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

“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

“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