TRUTH

[angrychair]

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“We do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority that participate.”

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[meow2u3]

1. Reminds me of this bumper sticker which reads:

GET INVOLVED
The world is run by those who show up

[uponit7771]

2. Dems should run on making it easier to participate, let the racist run scare tactics

[FSogol]

3. Good quote, but doubt that was from Jefferson. Voting was limited to white landowners in those days.

[angrychair]

4. Yea, I know...

I was thinking that too but I haven’t been able to determine if it real or not yet...

[angrychair]

5. Yea, not his quote

According to Monticello:

https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/government-majority-who-participate-spurious-quotation

I changed the attribution

[FSogol]

6. Still a good quote and very apt today. n/t

[brush]

7. Not quite. Dems won more House and Senate votes in 2016 but the archaic EC and gerrymandering...

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gave repugs power.

Today is the day to begin changing that.

[angrychair]

8. [phone]

I agree