George Washington is the only president who didn’t blame the previous administration for his troubles. —Author Unknown

 

If voting made any difference they wouldn’t let us do it. —Mark Twain

 

The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything. —Joseph Stalin

 

Bipartisan usually means that a larger-than-usual deception is being carried out. —George Carlin

 

The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them. —Karl Marx

 

There are always too many Democratic congressmen, too many Republican congressmen, and never enough US congressmen. —Author Unknown

 

We stand today at a crossroads: One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other leads to total extinction. Let us hope we have the wisdom to make the right choice. —Woody Allen

 

If you put your politicians up for sale, as the US does … then someone will buy them — and it won’t be you; you can’t afford them. —Juan Cole