Democracy Quote by David Crosby Download Open image “Elections aren't supposed to be for sale... it's that simple.” — David Crosby ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Democracy Election Simple Supposed to be
An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
The elections are run by the same guys who sell toothpaste. They show you an image of a sports hero, or a sexy model,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Government is a broker in pillage, and every election is sort of an advance auction sale of stolen goods. — Henry Louis Mencken Copy Share Image
Politicians in this country have always been for sale. That is nothing new. — Peter Schuyler Copy Share Image
“Elections are run by the public relations industry. Its primary task is commercial advertising, which is designed to undermine markets by creating uninformed consumers who will make irrational choices—the exact opposite of how markets are supposed to work, but certainly familiar to anyone who has watched television. It’s only natural that when enlisted to run elections, the industry would adopt… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Elections are zero-sum games. That means that there's always one winner and a lot of losers. If you just get one more vote than… — Christopher Wylie Copy Share Image
I'm an inveterate bookstore wanderer. I read constantly, so I love a good bookstore. I can't help it. — David Crosby Copy Share Image
My songs emerge from my life, or wherever they do, unbidden and unplanned and completely on a schedule of their own. — David Crosby Copy Share Image
My father being in the movie business, I thought being an actor would be great. But when I started singing to people in coffeehouses,… — David Crosby Copy Share Image
I gave a Collings dreadnought to a young guitar player in the Valley where I live because he didn't have a good acoustic, and… — David Crosby Copy Share Image
Largely I write from life. ... I write from what happens to me. Mostly about love. People notice the other stuff more but I… — David Crosby Copy Share Image
My father being in the movie business, I thought being an actor would be great. But when I started singing to people in coffeehouses,… — David Crosby Copy Share Image
I do see things that are funny on the net. I Googled myself the other day and found out that I was worth $250m,… — David Crosby Copy Share Image
I think music is a lifting force, I think love is the lifting force in the human condition. I think you see someone loving… — David Crosby Copy Share Image
And I thought, I'd seen someone who seemed at last to know the truth. I was mistaken. Only a child laughing in the sun.… — David Crosby Copy Share Image
While I was an addict, I didn't write anything. I didn't have the attention span or the will. — David Crosby Copy Share Image
Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
If the members of parliament no longer consider themselves mandatories of the taxpayers but deputies of those receiving salaries, wages, subsidies, doles, and other… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
For not only every democracy, but certainly every republic, bears within itself the seeds of its own destruction. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
There is plenty of time for Republicans to have a Macaca moment. But right now, as of October 17, 2014, the Republican Senate candidates… — Matthew Continetti Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Vote for Donald Trump. You're going to see something and you'll be so happy, you'll be so thrilled. This [presidential] election is about every… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing? — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Failure to find a way to incorporate political Islam in democracy, however uncomfortable its ideology is for secular liberals, will mean we have given… — Crispin Blunt Copy Share Image