In the comments of my previous entry, Emrah and I started a discussion related to what I wrote in that post. Here is a good quote from a Republican President in 1954:

"Should any political party attempt to abolish social security,
unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs,
you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There
is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes you can do these
things. Among them are [a] few other Texas oil millionaires, and an
occasional politician or business man from other areas. Their number
is negligible and they are stupid."
- President Dwight D. Eisenhower(Republican), 11/8/54

"We must be the change we wish to see in the world."
-Audre Lorde

"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors."
-Plato