Wasted Votes

Famous quotes containing the words wasted and/or votes:

“Rhodora! if the sages ask thee why
This charm is wasted on the earth and sky,
Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing,
Then Beauty is its own excuse for being:
Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose!
I never thought to ask, I never knew:
But, in my simple ignorance, suppose
The self-same Power that brought me there brought you.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“If you can get enough votes so that mine will make a majority, you can have it.”
—Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933)