David Brock Quotes

Only votes talk, everything else walks.

Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.

The essence of American politics consists of the manipulation of populism by elitism.

In a democracy citizens are entitled to know what is in store for them before they vote.

Americans take part in political activities because they believe that by doing so they can influence government decisions

My family is really into politics.

My view is instead of political discussions, persuasions, which dominate democracy, in our country we have taken our democracy to the other extreme. There is no debate, sufficient debate. There is court debate.

Vibrant political parties are vital to the health of our democracy.

I do think you need to listen to the voters.

I've watched presidential debates since I was a teen, and I love it.

The only thing about politics I do discuss is, be into them: Read what's online. Read what the candidates are talking about. Try to understand why people are fighting over what the candidates are standing for.

Politics runs on power and money and on ignorance.

Whether you're Democrat or Republican... you want everybody who's eligible to vote to vote, and that's how you want to win elections.

In the world at large we seldom vote for a principle or a given state of affairs. We vote for a man who pretends to believe in that principle or promises to achieve that state. We don't want a man, we want a condition of peace and plenty-- or, it may be, war and want-- but we must vote for a man.

Politics has become unbelievably and unfortunately way too much about how much money is involved rather than what kind of ideas are involved.

It's no secret that I've become known for my strong political views.

The good news is dollars don't vote, people do.

What business do we have telling people who to vote for? They probably know more about it than we do.

Registering people to vote is not partisan activity.

I have always voted for who I believed was the best person.

Without the political parties and the volunteering work of their members day in, day out, we would have a very different sort of politics and society.

There is no gambling like politics.

I believe that everyone should participate in democracy and enjoy doing it.

It is a paradox that far too few Americans participate in the wonderful ritual of democracy that we call Election Day.

No candidate dares to look for a new campaign model that could really enhance the democratic process. Instead we are left with the current one which makes our candidates look like hucksters.