Ballot Quotes

135 quotes by 110 authors

I think it's best if there's an amendment that goes on the ballot where the people can weigh in. Every time this issue has gone… — Michele Bachmann
Suffrage, noun. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot. The right of suffrage (which is held to be both a privilege and a duty)… — Ambrose Bierce
The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense, else what shall save us from a second slavery? — W. E. B. Du Bois
The ballot box is the surest arbiter of disputes among free men. — James Buchanan
If you have a government that is elected, they need to do the hard work - because if they don't, they won't be around the… — Abdallah II
I love all people. I hate no one. And, you know, when you take a subject and you reduce it to something like a four-second… — Kirk Cameron
In a democracy, supposedly we hold power by what we do at the ballot box, so therefore the more we know about political power the… — Robert Caro
Voters tell politicians what they want through the ballot box. Constantly second-guessing them by speculating whether the parties should gang up on each other misses… — Nick Clegg
Socialism in America will come through the ballot box. — Gus Hall
Woman stock is rising in the market. I shall not live to see women vote, but I'll come and rap on the ballot box. — Lydia M. Child
Our cause is a common one. It is war between poverty and wealth. ... This moneyed power is fast eating up the substance of the… — William H. Sylvis
I'm not saying anything one way or the other about the two ballot issues. I am not speaking about the particular ballot issues. Those are… — Mitt Romney
When we call a capitalist society a consumers democracy we mean that the power to dispose of the means of production, which belongs to the… — Ludwig von Mises
We are wide open and vulnerable and in all likelihood an activist judge will strike down our Defense of Marriage Act, our state law against… — Michele Bachmann
To this culture warrior, gay marriage is not a vital issue. I don't believe the republic will collapse if Larry marries Brendan. However, it is… — Bill O'Reilly
Among free men there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet. — Abraham Lincoln
In ability choice education finance majorities people understanding voting A lot of voters always cast their ballot for the candidate who seems to them to… — William Feather
But in this country we have one great privilege which they don't have in other countries. When a thing gets to be absolutely unbearable the… — Mark Twain
Is not the very beginning of privilege, monopoly and industrial slavery this erecting of the ballot-box above the individual? — Benjamin Tucker
A man's rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box. — Frederick Douglass

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