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Tuesday, November 07, 2006

The Right to Vote & Democracy

Quotes On Democracy

The Ballot is stronger than the bullet.
Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)

The highest measure of democracy is neither
the 'extent of freedom' nor the 'extent
of equality, but rather the highest measure of
participation.
A d. Benoist

The most common way people give up their
power is by thinking they don't have any.
Alice Walker

It is the mark of an educated mind to be
able to entertain a thought without
accepting it.
Aristotle

Until lions have their historians, tales of
the hunt always glorify the hunter.
African Proverb

If there is no struggle, then there is no progress.
Frederick Douglass

2 comments:

Sheamus J. said...

Wonderful post... GREAT job!

K.Ray said...

Thank you for reading Sheamus.

There is still a profound resistance amoung those people who do not vote.