Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2004-11-04 Nov 4, 2004If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any clearly written constitutional right, it might, in a moral point of view, justify revolution.~ Abraham LincolnIf men use their liberty in such a way as to surrender their liberty, are they thereafter any the less slaves? If people by a plebiscite elect a man despot over them, do they remain free because the despotism was of their own making?~ Herbert SpencerNow that no one buys our votes, the public has long since cast off its cares; for the people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now meddles no more and longs eagerly for just two things -- bread and circuses.~ Juvenal Nov 3, 2004We will all be better citizens when voting records of our Congressmen are followed as carefully as scores of pro-football games.~ Lou EricksonAnything that keeps a politician humble is healthy for democracy.~ Michael KinsleyFreedom always carries a burden of proof, always throws us back on ourselves.~ Shelby Steele Nov 2, 2004We stand today at a crossroads: One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other leads to total extinction. Let us hope we have the wisdom to make the right choice.~ Woody AllenIf pigs could vote, the man with the slop bucket would be elected swineherd every time, no matter how much slaughtering he did on the side.~ Orson Scott CardThose who cast the votes decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything.~ Josef Stalin Nov 1, 2004Compassion is the use of public funds to buy votes.~ Thomas SowellElections are a good deal like marriages, there's no accounting for anyone's taste. Every time we see a bridegroom we wonder why she ever picked him, and it's the same with Public Officials.~ Will RogersDemocracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear.~ Alan Corenk Oct 29, 2004[O]ur sages in the great [constitutional] convention... intended our government should be a republic which differs more widely from a democracy than a democracy from a despotism. The rigours of a despotism often... oppress only a few, but it is the very essence and nature of a democracy, for a faction claiming to oppress a minority, and that minority the chief owners of the property and truest lovers of their country.~ Fisher AmesThe merit of our Constitution was, not that it promotes democracy, but checks it.~ Horatio SeymourIt does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.~ Samuel Adams Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print