"Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to
prove that the other party is unfit to rule-and both commonly succeed, and
are right." Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956)

 "Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never
voted for President. One hopes it is the same half." Gore Vidal 

"Ask a man which way he is going to vote, and he will probably tell you. Ask
him, however, why, and vagueness is all." Bernard Levin

"Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at
great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates." Gore Vidal - 1929

"Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what it is you
want to hear." - Alan Coren

"The ballot is stronger than bullets." - Joseph Schumpeter