Who said “We’d all like t’vote fer th’best man, but he’s never a candidate.”?

“A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.”

“The margin is narrow, but the responsibility is clear.”

“It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting.”

“Among free men there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet.”

“All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and wrong.”

“It's purty hard t' be efficient without bein' obnoxious.”

“Now an' then an innocent man is sent t' th' legislature.”

“Th' only way t' entertain some folks is t' listen t' 'em.”

“Don't knock th' weather. Nine-tenths o' th' people couldn' start a conversation if it didn' change once in a while.”

“Gittin' talked about is one o' th' penalties for bein' purty, while bein' above suspicion is about th' only compensation fer bein' homely.”

“All the world loves a good loser.”