Glossary of Inspirational Quotes that Rekindle the Soul
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| Quote:Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual).[Ayn Rand] Quote:Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around.[GK Chesterton] Quote:The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.[Winston Churchill] Quote:The great thing about democracy is that it gives every voter a chance to do something stupid.[Art Spander] Quote:Vote early and vote often.[Al Capone] Quote:The people who cast the votes don?t decide an election, the people who count the votes do.[Joseph Stalin] Quote:The great thing about democracy is that it gives every voter a chance to do something stupid. [E. B. White] Quote:When the political columnists say 'Every thinking man' they mean themselves, and when candidates appeal to 'Every intelligent voter' they mean everybody who is going to vote for them. [Franklin P. Adams] Quote:Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half. [Gore Vidal] Quote:Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half. [Gore Vidal] Quote: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. [H. L. Mencken] Definitions of: voteDefinition: An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer.Definition: A wish, choice, or opinion, of a person or a body of persons, expressed in some received and authorized way; the expression of a wish, desire, will, preference, or choice, in regard to any measure proposed, in which the person voting has an interest in common with others, either in electing a person to office, or in passing laws, rules, regulations, etc.; suffrage. Definition: That by means of which will or preference is expressed in elections, or in deciding propositions; voice; a ballot; a ticket; as, a written vote. Definition: Expression of judgment or will by a majority; legal decision by some expression of the minds of a number; as, the vote was unanimous; a vote of confidence. Definition: Votes, collectively; as, the Tory vote; the labor vote. Definition: To choose by suffrage; to elec&unr_;; as, to vote a candidate into office. Definition: To enact, establish, grant, determine, etc., by a formal vote; as, the legislature voted the resolution. Definition: To declare by general opinion or common consent, as if by a vote; as, he was voted a bore. Definition: To condemn; to devote; to doom. |
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