Voting Rights Quotes

Voting Rights Quote of the day

Every election is determined by the people who show up.

The ruling power is always faced with the question, ‘In such and such circumstances, what would you do?’, whereas the opposition is not obliged to take responsibility or make any real decisions.

The right of voting for representatives , is the primary right by which other rights are protected.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was indeed a vital instrument of democracy, ensuring the integrity and reliability of a democratic process that we as a Country hold so dear.

We must continue to have voting rights in the state, not to politicize this, but they must have a voice in the rebuilding effort in the community from which they have been displaced.

[T]he vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.

Denying the popular vote is un-American and anti-democratic.

Ten men shouting will control ten thousand who choose to remain silent.

The women of the world will dominate politics, some day, and you mustn't be too old-fashioned in your notions to join the procession of progress.

I personally believe in the power of second chances.

We must arise and build the nation.

Every man with a vote was considered a foe to woman suffrage unless he was prepared to be actively a friend.