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Abraham Lincoln

• "The ballot is stronger than the bullet."

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• "Ich glaube fest an die Menschen. Gibt man ihnen die Wahrheit, kann man sich darauf verlassen, dass sie jede nationale Krise überwinden. Wichtig ist, ihnen die reinen Fakten zu geben und Bier."

• "I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts, and beer."

en:Abraham Lincoln#Misattributed

• "Wahlen gehören den Menschen. Es ist ihre Entscheidung. Und wenn sie entscheiden, dem Feuer den Rücken zuzukehren und sich den Hintern zu verbrennen, dann müssen sie nachher eben auf ihren Blasen sitzen."

• "Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters."

en:Abraham Lincoln#Posthumous attributions: Well, I cannot run the political machine ... Francis Bicknell Carpenter, reporting what a "friend, the private secretary of a cabinet minister", told him about a conversation with Lincoln, whom the friend had met alone in the White House in August 1864. Six Months at the White House with Abraham Lincoln. The Story of a Picture. New York 1866, p. 275

Mark Twain, Emma Goldman

"If voting made any difference they wouldn't let us do it." , https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mark-twain-voting-quote/