Delusion Quote by James Bovard

Elections are held to delude the populace into believing that they are participating in government.

— Anonymous

If you present good government, then elections look after themselves.

— Jay Weatherill

It is not because a part of the government is elective, that makes it less a despotism, if the persons so elected, possess afterwards,…

— Thomas Paine

In a government such as ours we have vigorous contests to determine who should lead. The recent election was no exception. Now we inaugurate…

— Matt Blunt

Every democracy is constructed day-to-day. And the electoral process reduces and minimalizes every single aspect of human complexity. We're putting it into pamphlets. We're…

— Gael Garcia Bernal

When members of a certain party concoct various devious schemes to suppress votes, purposely misinform potential voters, spread vile untrue filth about certain candidates,…

— Richard Belzer

It is time to provide a smashing answer for those cynical men who say that a democracy cannot be honest, cannot be efficient… We…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

People tend to have a government that reflects the level of consciousness of the majority of people who voted.

— Marianne Williamson

The notion that the records of government are the property of the people is radically democratic, but it is broken in practice.

— Ryan Shapiro

There is a dangerous chasm between what those seeking election claim they could do in office and the stark reality that once in power…

— Grant Shapps

Let's not give the electoral process so much importance. We have to be cynical about it. Let's give importance to the real democracy that's…

— Gael Garcia Bernal

“Observing the volatile nature of the new democracies, I came vividly to see how unimportant a part of democracy are elections, in comparison with…

— Roger Scruton