I've certainly honored the two promises I made: Always tell you the truth; never vote with my re-election in mind.

You won the election, but I won the count.

Election isn't about choosing the right person; it's about choosing the right candidate from the voter's view point.

I have never yet exercised the privilege of voting, but had I been called upon at the last presidential election to do so, I should most certainly have cast my vote for Mr. Clay.

The plight of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil man

The average man votes below himself; he votes with half a mind. A man ought to vote with the whole of himself. The question is not so much whether only a minority of the electorate votes. The point is that only a minority of the voter votes.