"The major problem- one of the major problems, for there are several- one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of whom manages to get people to let them do it to them.
To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it.
To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job."
— Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)

"Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves."
— Herbert Marcuse

"Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters."
— Abraham Lincoln

"You can always spot a fool, for he is a man who will tell you he knows who is going to win an election."
— Robert Harris (Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome)

""We have no democracy, no constitution no real America
if the efficacy and sanctity of the voting process, is not fully and verifiably
protected."

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— Ted Greenfield