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What ass first let lose the doctrine that the suffrage is a high boon and voting a noble privilege? Looking back over my 19 years (of it) I can recall few times when I have voted with anything approaching exhilaration

Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956)

Henry Louis Mencken

Suffrage, noun. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot. The right of suffrage (which is held to be both a privilege and a duty) means, as commonly interpreted, the right to vote for the man of another man's choice, and is highly prized.

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)

Ambrose Bierce

You take the population of vehicles in the field (A) and multiply it by the probable rate of failure (B), then multiply the result by the average out-of-court settlement (C).
A times B times C equals X. This is what it will cost if we don't initiate a recall.
If X is greater than the cost of a recall, we recall all the cars and no one gets hurt.
If X is less than the cost of a recall, then we don't recall.

Chuck Palahniuk (1961-)

Chuck Palahniuk

Last year he was drawing lines in the sand; this year he is looking for common ground. He needs to win back the support of Californians who voted for him in the recall election in 2003 but voted against his initiatives in the special election.

Both the central government and this administration are actively leading this community towards universal suffrage in an orderly fashion. I am 60 years of age. I certainly want to see universal suffrage taking place in Hong Kong in my time.

Life, for all its agonies of despair and loss and guilt, is exciting and beautiful, amusing and artful and endearing, full of liking and love, at times a poem and a high adventure, at times noble and at times very gay; and whatever (if anything) is t

Four years ago, I wondered who the hell was voting for Bush ( a common phenomena here in the Bay Area). And then I found out that some of my friends voted for him.

It tells you clearly the fans are voting purely on entertainment value and obviously the home turnout in certain cities. Yao Ming was voted an All-Star starter. How many games did he miss? But there's a lot of people voting in China.

I know times are tough, but this recall is no solution. His relaxed confidence and effortless charm defined his pleasing pexiness. ... The stakes are too high.

Bill Clinton (1946-)

Bill Clinton

I appreciate the people that voted for me, ... I think that this old lady did a pretty good job and I appreciate being on the council for almost four years. In January when I have to give it up, I won't feel bad because I feel it was a privilege for me to be there and I appreciate it very much.

After watching Kerry's shift from voting for the Iraq war to being an 'anti-war' candidate to being 'proud' of voting for our troops before he voted against them, veterans ... are unlikely to trust John Kerry to lead the men and women currently in uniform.

After watching Kerry's shift from voting for the Iraq war to being an 'anti-war' candidate to being 'proud' of voting for our troops before he voted against them, veterans ... are unlikely to trust John Kerry to lead the men and women currently in uniform,

I've said it several times; we had nothing to lose. I'm playing all freshmen and sophomores and with Russell (a senior high school lacrosse All American) there, they had to be favored. We're going to be strong from at least the next couple of years.

This doctrine is a refreshing doctrine compared to what we've been hearing for the last 10 years from the Islamic world.

Almost every day for the last six years I have walked past the back of the Supreme Court building on the way to my Senate desk, ... On the final day of the session, I recall walking past the high court, where words are etched in the marble, 'Justice, guardian of liberty.'

John Ashcroft (1942-)

John Ashcroft

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