Hong Kongers deserve universal suffrage.

I'm optimistic Hong Kong will achieve universal suffrage - no matter the attitude of Beijing.

— Joshua Wong

Above all things the mass-mind is most bitterly resentful of superiority. It will not tolerate the thought of an elite; and under a political…

— Albert J. Nock

Does man's freedom consist in revolting against all laws? We say no, in so far as laws are natural, economic, and social laws, not…

— Mikhail Bakunin

Everyone says Francois Mitterrand had huge charisma. But before he was president they used to call him badly dressed, old, archaic and say he…

— Francois Hollande

When Britain signed up to the European Convention and its later protocols, the words 'universal suffrage' were deleted from the 'right to vote' article.

— Dominic Raab

I think most Americans understand that we deserve to have universal health care, as enjoyed by most citizens in most developed countries.

— Pete Buttigieg

The alleged menace of universal suffrage having been avoided by the absolute suppression of the negro vote, the spirit of mob murder should have…

— Ida B. Wells

“Universal suffrage in the end does not recognize any of the individual’s rights except the “right” to be alternately oppressor or oppressed.”

— Nicolás Gómez Dávila

We Chinese are instinctively democratic, and Dr. Sun's objective of universal suffrage evokes from all Chinese a ready and unhesitating response.

— Chiang Kai-shek

All governments use force and all assert that they are founded on reason. In fact, whether universal suffrage prevails or not, it is always…

— Vilfredo Pareto

I firmly believe that the wider community supports achieving the goal of universal suffrage for 2017 according to law. I also believe most political…

— Carrie Lam

“Parvus denied that universal suffrage was an end to itself since the middle class would always find ways to manipulate the electoral system. Freedom…

— Robert Service

It's been a long time since universal suffrage, and I'm sick of the old white men running the show.

— Cate Blanchett

In fact, the gravest obstacle to the restoration of civilization in North America is universal suffrage. Letting everybody vote makes no sense. Obviously they…

— Fred Reed

I need [Beijing's] trust in order to develop universal suffrage. The more suspicions being expressed, the more difficulty we'll have in moving towards the…

— Donald Tsang