Our elections are free - it's in the results where eventually we pay.
—Bill SternA citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election.
—Bill VaughanWhat do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?
—George EliotI am angry nearly every day of my life, but I have learned not to show it; and I still try to hope not to feel it, though it may take me another forty years to do it.
—Louisa May AlcottThen there's politics. Just imagine politics with its dumbbell element subtracted. There would be no Republican candidates. There would be no Democratic voters. The whole system would collapse.
—P. J. O'RourkeA politician should have three hats. One for throwing into the ring, one for talking through, and one for pulling rabbits out of if elected.
—Carl Sandburg