"Vote early and vote often." - Anonymous

"We love your adherence to democratic principles." - William F. Buckley

"An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry." - George Eliot, Felix Holt

"In every well-governed state, wealth is a sacred thing; in democracies it is the only sacred thing." - Anatole France, Penguin Island

"Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide." - JOHN ADAMS, letter (1814)

"I swear to the Lord
I still can't see
Why Democracy means
Everybody but me."
- LANGSTON HUGHES, The Black Man Speaks

"Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary." - REINHOLD NIEBUHR, The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness

"Democracy . . . is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike." - PLATO, The Republic

"It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting." - TOM STOPPARD, Jumpers

"People who want to understand democracy should spend less time in the library with Aristotle and more time on the buses and in the subway." - SIMEON STRUNSKY, No Mean City

"Democracy is a beautiful thing, except for that part about letting just any old yokel vote." - Unknown 10-Year Old