"A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows." - O. Henry (1862 - 1910) US short-story writer, journalist
"Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost." - John Quincy Adams (1767 - 1848) US president (6th)
"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 (1928 - ____) British journalist, critic
"Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote." - George Jean Nathan (1882 - 1958) US editor, critic
"Democracy will prevail when men believe the vote of Judas as good as that of Jesus Christ." - Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881) Scottish essayist, historian
"Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody." - Franklin P. Adams (1881 - 1960) US journalist
"Did you ever think what the word 'vote' means? To me it means: 'Voice of Taxpayers Everywhere.'" - Martin Buxbaum
"Give women the vote, and in five years there will be a crushing tax on bachelors." - George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) English dramatist, critic
"If God had wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates." - Jay Leno (1950 - ____) US comedian, talk show host
"If he became convinced tomorrow that coming out for cannibalism would get him the votes he so sorely needs, he would begin fattening a missionary on the White House backyard come Wednesday." - H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956) US editor, satirist
