Unelected Quotes
There is a real question of whether nine unelected federal judges know exactly what's best for Vermont politics, and maybe local politicians have a better sense of what's best for local politics. This is a tension between expressive rights on one hand, and the ability of local citizens to control the election rules in their own states and communities.
- Spencer Overton

[Some interest groups and Senate Democrats] would like nothing more than for you to take a litmus test... I agree that this committee needs answers but only to proper questions. You are not campaigning for elective office. The question that needs to be answered is how you view the role of unelected judges in a representative democracy.
- Orrin Hatch

[Ruling over everyone in the rich folks' enclave is the sinister Kaufman, amusingly played by Dennis Hopper: part CEO, part unelected president. He gets the best line in the film when a frowning apparatchik asks if there is any trouble.] In a world where the dead have returned to life, ... the word 'trouble' loses much of its meaning.
- Dennis Hopper

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