Fair Election

Famous quotes containing the words fair and/or election:

“The heavens hold firm
The walls of thy dear honor; keep unshaked
That temple, thy fair mind, that thou mayst stand
T’ enjoy thy banished lord and this great land!”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Last evening attended Croghan Lodge International Order of Odd Fellows. Election of officers. Chosen Noble Grand. These social organizations have a number of good results. All who attend are educated in self-government. This in a marked way. They bind society together. The well-to-do and the poor should be brought together as much as possible. The separation into classes—castes—is our danger. It is the danger of all civilizations.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)