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Is the patience of the American people that long suffering? Is there no outrage left in the country?

We should not become so ashamed of the disappointments and travesties of democracy that we become ashamed of the idea itself. It is the outer reflection of our self-acceptance.

Electoral turnout is falling among the young, and political apathy is on the rise.

Not only are a voteless people a hopeless people. A non-producing people are hopeless also.

Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.

The American people are frustrated.

Political ignorance helps explain Americans' perpetual disappointment with politicians generally, and presidents especially, to whom voters unrealistically attribute abilities to control events.

Government is at its worst when you have apathy from its citizens.

There's very little dislike of Americans in the world, shown by repeated polls, and the dissatisfaction - that is, the hatred and the anger - they come from acceptance of American values, not a rejection of them, and recognition that they're rejected by the U.S. government and by U.S. elites, which does lead to hatred and anger.

Is it ignorance or apathy? Hey, I don't know and I don't care.