I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work. We are supposed to work it.
Our political institutions work remarkably well. They are designed to clang against each other. The noise is democracy at work.
Democracy is being allowed to vote for the candidate you dislike least.
Why pay money to have your family tree traced; go into politics and your opponents will do it for you.
Do you ever get the feeling that the only reason we have elections is to find out if the polls were right?
There are always too many Democratic congressmen, too many Republican congressmen, and never enough U.S. congressmen.
How come we choose from just two people to run for president and 50 for Miss America?
Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.
Hell, I never vote for anybody, I always vote against.
It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.