Ballot Quotes

135 Ballot quotes by 107 unique authors

Our children lost our direction because they have been compromised. They have found freedom at the ballot box, and then they have taken on plastic… — Andrew Young
It was the call of workers who organized; women who reached for the ballot; a President who chose the moon as our new frontier; and… — Barack Obama
I give nightly praise to my Maker that I never cast a ballot to bring that lazy, disreputable, ill-tempered beast into what was once my… — Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.
I have an idea about voting, how about on every ballot we include "None of the above". People may laugh at that, but what that… — Jesse Ventura
Elections only happen in two ways," Reyna said. "Either the legion raises someone on a shield after a major success on the battlefield-and we haven't… — Rick Riordan
If it's necessary to form a Black Nationalist army, we'll form a Black Nationalist army. It'll be ballot or the bullet. It'll be liberty or… — Malcolm X
Democracy is more than a ballot box. — Mohamed ElBaradei
It is true that power corrupts. The hope at the polling stations and the actions of the elected representatives, unfortunately, often turn to be opposite.… — Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
I will cut off this right arm of mine before I will ask for the ballot for the Negro and not for the woman. — Susan B. Anthony
The American public should simply accept no distractions. In our democracy, it is our duty to hold our elected leaders accountable. We do it at… — Wesley Clark
The Southern Progress Fund will bring much-needed resources into multiple Southern states where Democrats must identify up-and-coming leaders and build a bench of strong potential… — Ronnie Musgrove
Actually, I believe there are more independents than either Republicans or Democrats, and yet those are the... that is the choice we have on the… — Gloria Steinem
Among many other reforms, Australians pioneered the secret ballot and universal suffrage. — Richard Flanagan
First, take the government of the Indians out of politics; second, let the laws of the Indians be the same as those of the whites;… — George Crook
With regard to the ballot, it is worthy of remark that no meeting has been held in favour of Reform at which the ballot has… — John Bright
Demand the ballot as the undeniable right of every man who is called to the poll, and take special care that the old constitutional rule… — John Bright
Vote counting and ballot collecting does not occur in the light of day. There are too many occasions when observers and opposing parties lose contact… — Bob Schaffer
I therefore shared fully the intense chagrin of the New York and other State delegations when, on the third ballot, Abraham Lincoln received a larger… — Henry Villard
Oftentimes during the period in which conventions really did business, you had situations where the delegates were divided and you would have ballot after ballot… — Michael Beschloss
The worker must have bread, but she must have roses, too. Help, you women of privilege, give her the ballot to fight with. — Rose Schneiderman
One of the nuisances of the ballot is that when the oracle has spoken you never know what it means. — Lord Salisbury
If it went on the ballot in Colorado, I would vote to lower the drinking age. — Pete Coors
When and under what conditions is the black man to have a free ballot? When is he in fact to have those full civil rights… — Benjamin Harrison
The Greens have never been on the ballot in Georgia because of restrictive ballot access laws. — Cynthia McKinney
We pursued the wrong policies. George Bush is not on the ballot. Bill Clinton is not on the ballot. Mitt Romney is on the ballot,… — Glenn Hubbard

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