"Is not the very beginning of privilege, monopoly and industrial slavery this erecting of the ballot-box above the individual?"

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I give nightly praise to my Maker that I never cast a ballot to bring that lazy, disreputable, ill-tempered beast into what was once my home. I'm glad that I had the courage to go on record as opposing that illegitimate, shameless flea-bag that now shares my bed and board. You abstainer, you!

— Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.