| 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. |