Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.

Quote by George Jean Nathan

Topics: Citizenship Quotes, Politics Quotes, Voting Quotes

So long as there is one pretty girl left on the stage, the professional undertakers...

So long as there is one pretty girl left on the stage, the professional undertakers...

An optimist is a fellow who believes a housefly is looking for a way to...

An optimist is a fellow who believes a housefly is looking for a way to...

I know many married men, I even know a few happily married men, but I...

I know many married men, I even know a few happily married men, but I...

It is also said of me that I now and then contradict myself. Yes, I...

It is also said of me that I now and then contradict myself. Yes, I...

Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important...

Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important...

A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in...

A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in...

Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness.

Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness.

It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid.

It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid.

Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.

Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.

A life spent in constant labor is a life wasted, save a man be such...

A life spent in constant labor is a life wasted, save a man be such...

Criticism is the art of appraising others at one's own value.

Criticism is the art of appraising others at one's own value.

I only drink to make other people seem interesting.

I only drink to make other people seem interesting.

What passes for woman's intuition is often nothing more than man's transparency.

What passes for woman's intuition is often nothing more than man's transparency.

I have yet to find a man worth his salt in any direction who did...

I have yet to find a man worth his salt in any direction who did...

To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is...

To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is...

A man admires a woman not for what she says, but what she listens to.

A man admires a woman not for what she says, but what she listens to.

A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in...

A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in...

Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important...

Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important...

If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come...

If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come...

The person who says I'm not political is in great danger. Only the fittest will...

The person who says I'm not political is in great danger. Only the fittest will...