"The ballot is stronger than the bullet...." - Quote by Abraham Lincoln

“We shall meanly lose or nobly save the last hope of earth.”

“No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.”

“I was raised to farm work.”

“Democracy and dependence on the military and police are incompatible.”

“... the Athenian lawmaker Solon decreed it a crime for any citizen to shrink from controversy.”

“Among free men there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet.”

“Remember this, take this to heart, live by it, die for it if necessary: that our patriotism is medieval, outworn, obsolete; that the modern patriotism, the true patriotism, the only rational patriotism, is loyalty to the Nation ALL the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.”

“I don't have any insight or understanding on anything about the government. All I think is that it's stupid - which is the one perspective that's almost completely lacking in Washington.”

“There you go again. When I opposed Medicare, there was another piece of legislation meeting the same problem before the Congress. I happened to favor the other piece of legislation and thought that it would be better for the senior citizens to provide better care than the one that was finally passed.”