I like to vote, but not be voted on. I don’t mind losing one on one, but to lose through a vote means the majority think I’m a loser.

If you are part of a society that votes, then do so. There may be no candidates and no measures you want to vote for ... but there are certain to be ones you want to vote against. In case of doubt, vote against. By this rule you will rarely go wrong.

I'd rather end up wishing I hadn’t than end up wishing I had.

Sir, I would rather be right than to be President.

I would prefer not to.

Voting for the lesser of two evils is still voting for evil. Next time, go all out and write in Lucifer on the ballot.

I would rather try to succeed and fail than try to do nothing and succeed.

I would rather fail in a cause that would ultimately succeed, than succeed in a cause that would ultimately fail.

Prefer being rejected at your new standard than being accepted at your old one.

I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I am not.

If you are bored and disgusted by politics and don't bother to vote, you are in effect voting for the entrenched Establishments of the two major parties, who please rest assured are not dumb, and who are keenly aware that it is in their interests to keep you disgusted and bored and cynical and to give you every possible reason to stay at home doing one-hitters and watching MTV on primary day. By all means stay home if you want, but don't bullshit yourself that you're not voting. In reality, there is <i>no such thing as not voting:</i> you either vote by voting, or you vote by staying home and tacitly doubling the value of some Diehard's vote.

I would prefer even to fail with honor than to win by cheating.

In reality, there is no such thing as not voting: you either vote by voting, or you vote by staying home and tacitly doubling the value of some Diehard's vote.

I prefer nothing, unless it is true.