Ballots Quotes

140 quotes by 113 authors

Too many of us dissipate our energy by being 'for all good causes,' attending meetings and passing resolutions, organizing and presenting petitions â€” all this… — Ammon Hennacy
South Australia was the first community to give the secret ballot for political elections. — Catherine Helen Spence
Votes in federal elections are cast and counted in a highly decentralized and variable fashion, with no uniform ballots and few national standards. — Thomas E. Mann
In elections, you can't tell the outcome until you open the ballot boxes. — Katsuya Okada
What the woman who labors wants is the right to live, not simply exist â€” the right to life as the rich woman has the… — Rose Schneiderman
The time has come for justice at the ballot box, and justice in the courts, and justice in the legislative halls, and justice in the… — John Jay Hooker
Our elected officials are able to regulate even the most personal aspects of our lives, from the cleanliness of the air we breathe to the… — Maria Rubio
Wherever arms flow, violence follows. Bullets replace ballots as the solution to political disputes. — Michael Douglas
Under a Presidential government, a nation has, except at the electing moment, no influence; it has not the ballot-box before it; its virtue is gone,… — Walter Bagehot
People know what happened in California, and they know it can happen again and again. They know that no group has passed more ballot measures… — Wayne Pacelle
Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors of bullets, and that when ballots have fairly and constitutionall y decided there can be no successful appeal… — Abraham Lincoln
Many of the touted advantages of electronic voting can still be achieved with paper ballots if you use a computerized ballot marking scheme. — Avi Rubin
People depend on the Open Internet to connect and communicate with each other freely. Voters need it to inform themselves before casting ballots. Without prompt… — Michael Copps
If the people fail to vote, a government will be developed which is not their government... The whole system of American Government rests on the… — Calvin Coolidge
Itâ€™ll be the ballot or itâ€™ll be the bullet. Itâ€™ll be liberty or itâ€™ll be death. And if youâ€™re not ready to pay that price… — Malcolm X
It's not the hand that signs the laws that holds the destiny of America. It's the hand that casts the ballot. — Harry S. Truman
Given the right to a free ballot, the people would support my return. — Benazir Bhutto
Unless they can pass the same test that immigrants must pass to become citizens, people shouldnt be allowed to vote. The idea that there is… — Charley Reese
The beauty of our democracy lies in the American value of equality: if you vote, you have a seat at the table. If you speak,… — Christine Pelosi
We have four boxes with which to defend our freedom: the soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box. — Larry McDonald

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