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Voting Quotes by James Bovard
- Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
- The more that voting is glorified as a panacea, the more lackadaisical people become about preserving their constitutional rights.
- Voting is no substitute for the eternal vigilance that every friend of freedom must demonstrate towards government. If our freedom is to survive, Americans must…
- 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…
- Trumpeting the importance of voting deludes people into thinking that they have a leash on the government.
More Voting Quotes
- Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or… — Richard Armour
- The object is very clear in the fight against racism; you have reasons why you're opposed to it. But when you're writing… — Margaret Atwood
- I'm a registered Independent. But my brother says it's obvious that I'm a Republican sympathizer. Once I get in the voting booth,… — Stephen Baldwin
- Widespread use of online voting will create the potential for abuse that will make the problems inherent in e-voting pale in comparison. — Bob Barr
- I had the good fortune to be able to right an injustice that I thought was being heaped on young people by… — Birch Bayh
- Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost. — John Quincy Adams
- Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more… — Wendell Berry
- I'm totally down with insurrection in the street. I've had a great time with that over the years. Insurrection in the voting… — Jello Biafra
- Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country. — Ambrose Bierce
- Suffrage, noun. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot. The right of suffrage (which is held to be both a privilege… — Ambrose Bierce
- In my lifetime, we've gone from Eisenhower to George W. Bush. We've gone from John F. Kennedy to Al Gore. If this… — Lewis Black
- Free speech is meant to protect unpopular speech. Popular speech, by definition, needs no protection. — Neal Boortz