food for thought

The Vice Presidency is sort of like the last cookie on the plate. Everybody insists he won't take it, but somebody always does." Bill vaughan
Vote early and vote often."
-- Al Capone
A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election."
-- Bill Vaughan
"You can get much further with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone."
-- Al Capone
The people who cast the votes don’t decide an election, the people who count the votes do."
-- Joseph Stalin
A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future.
Leonard Bernstein

Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.
Ambrose Bierce