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ID Quotes

From Freud's id to voter ID

These ID quotes stretch from Freud's unconscious id to modern identification debates, with Las Vegas cast as a glittering mirror of America's hidden impulses.

We are constantly competing with the monsters from the id.

Quotes by Walter Becker

If Bill was all id, Hillary is all superego.

Quotes by Rich Lowry

In Mexico, they don't have birth certificates... They don't have registration cards for voters. They have one national ID. We don't have a national ID.

Quotes by Pete Gallego

When I was 13 I had a fake Id that said that I was 19. I was getting in all the clubs.

Quotes by Kurtis Blow

America Quotes

Las Vegas is the expression, in glitter and concrete, of America's brittle and mutating id.

Quotes by John Burdett

Voter ID laws are the most potent form of voter suppression legislation.

Quotes by Jason Kander

Voter caging and voter ID laws exist to disfranchise voters.

Quotes by Cynthia McKinney

The United States Supreme Court has voted 6-3 that voter photo ID is constitutional.

Quotes by Bob Ehrlich

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 'id' mean in these quotes?
Several use it in the Freudian sense, the primal, unconscious part of the mind, as when Las Vegas is described as a glittering expression of a nation's id.
How is Las Vegas connected to the id?
One quote calls the city an expression, in glitter and concrete, of a brittle and mutating national id, using the city as a metaphor for hidden impulses.
What do the Voter ID quotes discuss?
They address identification requirements at the ballot box as a debated policy issue affecting access to voting, presented here as a factual, non-partisan topic.
What does the Bill and Hillary comparison mean?
It contrasts one figure as pure impulse, the id, against another as pure self-control, the superego, using psychology to describe differing public personas.
Why does this topic cover such different subjects?
The word 'id' carries both a psychological and an everyday identification meaning, so quotes about the mind sit alongside quotes about identity documents and law.

Others turn political, weighing voter ID Cards and legislation as a flashpoint in arguments over ballot access.