We live in a country where voting rights get gutted but Sharknado gets a sequel. — John Fugelsang Copy Share Image
The market is a democracy in which every penny gives a right to vote. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
We must have our freedom now. We must have the right to vote. We must have equal protection of the law. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
When Blacks got the right to vote, white women got the right to sit on juries. — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
If women had never been given the right to vote, then Labour would have won every election after the war. — Ken Livingstone Copy Share Image
From 1965 to 1967, my dad, Jack Gilligan, served in Congress and helped pass landmark laws like the Voting Rights Act. — Kathleen Sebelius Copy Share Image
For me the beginning of all true progress in the woman question lies in women's right to vote...The strong the emphasis on… — Hedwig Dohm Copy Share Image
The right to vote is the right upon which all of our rights are leveraged - and without which none can be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Her [Jurdge Sandra Day O'Connor] judgment has also been critical in protecting our environmental rights. She joined in 5-4 majorities affirming reproductive… — Patrick Leahy Copy Share Image
I think what happened during the Great Depression was that African Americans understood that Republicans championed citizenship and voting rights but they… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
This is nothing new. We saw this with the Social Security Act, the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Right Act -… — Stephanie Cutter Copy Share Image
... until opportunity is as free from sex discrimination as the right to vote finally came to be, no man has any… — Mary Barnett Gilson Copy Share Image
Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
My grandmother's grandparents were slaves. My grandmother Big Mama would tell me about the stories she heard as a child growing up… — Michelle Singletary Copy Share Image
No officer should be required or permitted to take part in the management of political organizations, caucuses, conventions, or election campaigns. Their… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
“Democracy is not simply a license to indulge individual whims and proclivities. It is also holding oneself accountable to some reasonable degree… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
To become an American citizen, we require people to read, write and speak in English. That is to help them to assimilate… — Ernest Istook Copy Share Image
Today there are people trying to take away rights that our mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers fought for: our right to vote, our… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
I want self-determination. If that means having a constitutional monarchy as the first step, fine. But, in the end, people in Bahrain… — Zainab al-Khawaja Copy Share Image
If the right wing has their way and state's rights control voting rights, they would remove protections that make it difficult for… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
There is no Constitutional issue here. The command of the Constitution is plain. There is no moral issue. It is wrong -… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
How did the party that elected the first black U.S. senator, the party that elected the first 20 African American congressmen, become… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
What's blinking red on my radar is the fact that for people who prioritize abortion rights, LGBTQ rights, or voting rights, those… — Lizz Winstead Copy Share Image
“All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or back gammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Marriage equality is a very middle-class issue and voting rights is a very working-class issue. If you do not vote, who are… — Darryl Pinckney Copy Share Image
Did you know that we are the only people in the United States who have to have their voting rights okayed every… — Whoopi Goldberg Copy Share Image
How did the party that elected the first black U.S. senator, the party that elected the first 20 African-American congressmen, how did… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
Ever since the civil rights movement, the black church has always encouraged people to utilize their voting right, which is a right… — Otis Moss III Copy Share Image
If the right to vote were expanded to seven year olds … its policies would most definitely reflect the ‘legitimate concerns’ of… — Hans-Hermann Hoppe Copy Share Image
A political conception covers the right to vote, the political virtues, and the good of political life, but it doesn't intend to… — John Rawls Copy Share Image
Racial discrimination in elections in Texas is no mere historical artifact. To the contrary, Texas has been found in violation of the… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
Why will our elections be universal?Because all citizens, excluding those deprived of vote by court, will have the right to vote and… — Joseph Stalin Copy Share Image
During the Great Depression African Americans understood that Republicans championed citizenship and voting rights, but they became impatient for economic emancipation. — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
Freedom has nothing to do with having the right to vote for your oppressor; freedom is not having any form of oppression. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Every American citizen must have an equal right to vote. There is no reason which can excuse the denial of that right.… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
I have come to the conclusion that the 22nd Amendment [limiting the presidency to two terms] was a mistake. Shouldn't the people… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Sixteen- and 17-year-olds pay taxes and can join the army, so surely they should in turn be given their right to vote. — Lucy Powell Copy Share Image
... even if the right to vote brought to women no better work, no better pay, no better conditions in any way,… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
It was the biggest suppression of voting rights in our country's history since Jim Crow. And the thread of race runs from… — Sidney Blumenthal Copy Share Image