--- title: "8 Secret Ballot Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 8 Secret Ballot quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Secret Ballot sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dc/hamid-karzai-16777_afghan_once-the-afghan-people-vote-and-they-cho_718464.png" --- > [Once the Afghan people vote and they choose their President with direct, secret ballot from all over the country, there will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamid-karzai/once-the-afghan-people-vote-and-they-choose-their-president-with/) [Hamid Karzai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamid-karzai/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dc/hamid-karzai-16777_afghan_once-the-afghan-people-vote-and-they-cho_718464.png) > [“On Election Day, we select our representatives by secret ballot, and we choose our candidates based on their ability to protect our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-p-napolitano/on-election-day-we-select-our-representatives-by-secret-ballot-and-we/) [Andrew P. Napolitano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-p-napolitano/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b83/andrew-p-napolitano-41056_democracy_on-election-day-we-select-our-representa_814145.jpg) > [The secret ballot makes a secret government; and a secret government is a secret band of robbers and murderers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lysander-spooner/the-secret-ballot-makes-a-secret-government-and-a-secret-government/) [Lysander Spooner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lysander-spooner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/257/lysander-spooner-3260_ballot_the-secret-ballot-makes-a-secret-governm_1167726.png) > [If you have not chosen me by secret ballot, neither have I gained office by any secret promises. I have not campaigned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-r-ford/if-you-have-not-chosen-me-by-secret-ballot-neither-have-i-gained/) [Gerald R. Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-r-ford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8c/gerald-r-ford-2628_ballots_if-you-have-not-chosen-me-by-secret-ball_1666893.jpg) > [If you said to people you can cast a secret ballot on whether to turn back the clock and have Morsi in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-abrams/if-you-said-to-people-you-can-cast-a-secret-ballot-on-whether-to-turn/) [Elliott Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-abrams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b2/elliott-abrams-1577_again_if-you-said-to-people-you-can-cast-a-sec_2211711.jpg) > [South Australia was the first community to give the secret ballot for political elections.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-helen-spence/south-australia-was-the-first-community-to-give-the-secret-ballot-for/) [Catherine Helen Spence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-helen-spence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a8/catherine-helen-spence-26590_australia_south-australia-was-the-first-community_2481997.png) > [What is the motive to the secret ballot? This, and only this: Like other confederates in crime, those who use it are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lysander-spooner/what-is-the-motive-to-the-secret-ballot-this-and-only-this-like-other/) [Lysander Spooner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lysander-spooner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c5/lysander-spooner-3260_ballots_what-is-the-motive-to-the-secret-ballot_2581934.jpg) > [“they were by secret ballot, so the cabbies could sign just to get rid of you and then vote whichever way they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/they-were-by-secret-ballot-so-the-cabbies-could-sign-just-to-get-rid/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42c/charles-brandt-2101_trump_they-were-by-secret-ballot-so-the-cabbie_2944048.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/secret-ballot/#itemlist", "name": "Secret Ballot Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Once the Afghan people vote and they choose their President with direct, secret ballot from all over the country, there will be a lot of difference in this country and a lot of legitimate power to flow with implementation.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Hamid Karzai" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamid-karzai/once-the-afghan-people-vote-and-they-choose-their-president-with/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dc/hamid-karzai-16777_afghan_once-the-afghan-people-vote-and-they-cho_718464.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dc/hamid-karzai-16777_afghan_once-the-afghan-people-vote-and-they-cho_718464.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dc/hamid-karzai-16777_afghan_once-the-afghan-people-vote-and-they-cho_718464.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Once the Afghan people vote and they choose their President with direct, secret ballot from all over the…” — Hamid Karzai", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“On Election Day, we select our representatives by secret ballot, and we choose our candidates based on their ability to protect our individual rights, not the rights of the group of people with which we most closely identify.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Andrew P. 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