“There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.” - Alexis de Tocqueville
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“Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct.” - Thomas Jefferson
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“Every constitution, then, and every law, naturally expires at the end of 19 years. If it be enforced longer, it is an act of force and not of right.” …
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“Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.” - Thomas Jefferson
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“When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.” - P. J. O'Rourke
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“If voting changed anything, they’d make it illegal.” - Emma Goldman
This is Sortition, a newsletter about democracy through the random selection of legislators.

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