{"quotes":[{"text":"Voter apathy was, and will remain the greatest threat to democracy.","author":"Hazen Pingree","tags":["apathy","democracy","voters","voting"],"id":26956,"author_id":"Hazen+Pingree"},{"text":"The ruling power is always faced with the question, ‘In such and such circumstances, what would you do?’, whereas the opposition is not obliged to take responsibility or make any real decisions.","author":"George Orwell","tags":["democracy","democracy-fascism","democracy-freedom","democracy-voting","elections","free-speech","freedom","government","liberty","media","political-science","politics-observation","politics-science","politicsics","power","president","republicans","responsibility","vote","voters","voting","voting-rights"],"id":35106,"author_id":"George+Orwell"},{"text":"On Undecided Voter​s: 'To put them in perspective, I think​ of being​ on an airplane.​ The flight attendant comes​ down the aisle​ with her food cart and, eventually,​ parks​ it beside my seat.​ “Can I inter​est you in the chick​en?​” she asks.​ “Or would​ you prefer the platter of shit with bits of broke​n glass​ in it?”To be undecided in this elect​ion is to pause​ for a moment and then ask how the chick​en is cooked.","author":"David Sedaris","tags":["obama","politics","undecided","vote","voters"],"id":71232,"author_id":"David+Sedaris"},{"text":"Denying the popular vote is un-American and anti-democratic.","author":"DaShanne Stokes","tags":["american","american-culture","american-dream","democracy","democracy-freedom","democracy-gone-wrong","democracy-in-america","democracy-voting","democratic","electoral-college","government","government","politics","politics-of-the-united-states","politics","popular-vote","vote","voter","voters","voters-and-voting","voting","voting-rights","voting-system"],"id":81646,"author_id":"DaShanne+Stokes"},{"text":"A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.","author":"Theodore Roosevelt","tags":["civic-duty","democracy","elections","voters"],"id":83710,"author_id":"Theodore+Roosevelt"},{"text":"Lest we lay too heavy a criticism against any government administration--local, state, or federal--we are reminded that American government is representational. Political leaders reflect the people who elect them (as well as those who fail in this civic responsibility) as a mirror reflects those who gaze into it.","author":"Ron Brackin","tags":["despots","government","politics","voters"],"id":124809,"author_id":"Ron+Brackin"},{"text":"Most of the major ills of the world have been caused by well-meaning people who ignored the principle of individual freedom, except as applied to themselves, and who were obsessed with fanatical zeal to improve the lot of mankind-in-the-mass through some pet formula of their own. The harm done by ordinary criminals, murderers, gangsters, and thieves is negligible in comparison with the agony inflicted upon human beings by the professional do-gooders who attempt to set themselves up as gods on earth and who would ruthlessly force their views on all others with the abiding assurance that the end justifies the means.","author":"Henry Grady Weaver","tags":["anarchy","coercion","democracy","freedom","government","laissez-faire","libertarian","liberty","non-aggression-principle","politicians","politics","state","statism","statists","voluntaryism","voters","voting"],"id":157209,"author_id":"Henry+Grady+Weaver"},{"text":"The real purpose of the opposition is to minimize the amount of money the ruling party will have stolen from the people at the end of its term.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["aphorism","aphorisms","argument","arguments","arrest","corruption","crime","debate","democracy","dialogue","discourse","discussion","election","elections","felony","funny","humor","humour","incarceration","jail","kleptocracy","money","opposition","parliament","party","politics","prison","of-the-day","quoteoftheday","ruling-party","satire","the-opposition","theft","vote","voter","voters","while-collar"],"id":167752,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"},{"text":"Typically, in politics, more than one horse is owned and managed by the same team in an election. There's always and extra candidate who will slightly mimic the views of their team's opposing horse, to cancel out that person by stealing their votes just so the main horse can win. Elections are puppet shows. Regardless of their rainbow coats and many smiles, the agenda is one and the same.","author":"Suzy Kassem","tags":["agenda","agendas","candidate","corruption","costumes","democrat","elect","election","elections","horse","horses","left","left-wing","masks","nominations","nominees","opponents","political","political-philosophy","politicians","politics","politricks","presidential-elections","puppet","puppets","rainbow","rainbow-coat","republican","right","right-wing","smiles","steal-votes","stealing","vote","voters","votes","voting"],"id":175867,"author_id":"Suzy+Kassem"},{"text":"Joel Kotkin, a professor of urban development, argued in the daily beast that the power of the single voter is destined to fade, since single people 'Have no heirs,' while their religious, conservative, counterparts will repopulate the nation with children who will replicate their parents politics, ensuring that 'conservative, more familial-oriented values inevitably prevail.' Kotkin's error, of course, is both in assuming that unmarried people do not reproduce -- in fact, they are doing so in ever greater numbers -- but also in failing to consider whence the gravitation away from married norms derived. A move toward independent life did not simply emerge from the clamshell: it was born of generations of dissatisfaction with the inequalities of religious, conservative, social practice.","author":"Rebecca Traister","tags":["marriage","voters"],"id":192281,"author_id":"Rebecca+Traister"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":28,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}