"I believe we may lessen the danger..." - Quote by Thomas Jefferson
I believe we may lessen the danger of buying and selling votes, by making the number of voters too great for any means of purchase. I may further say that I have not observed men's honesty to increase with their riches.
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More on Voting
“I have always gone through public life and saying that with respect to political candidates, I always measure each candidate against what I think the country needs at that time, and I will vote for the person I think who is most qualified to serve the nation at that time.”
“I want to gag sometimes when I see who "we" are recommending that people vote for, and not just as a libertarian.”
“All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and wrong.”
More on Corruption
“The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.”
“Our judges are as honest as other men and not more so. They have, with others, the same passions for party, for power, and the privilege of their corps.”
“The political and commercial morals of the United States are not merely food for laughter, they are an entire banquet.”