Ballots Quotes
140 quotes by 111 authors
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The South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the ballot box and the Civil Rights Law.
— Ida B. Wells
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When people put their ballots in the boxes, they are, by that act, inoculated against the feeling that the government is not theirs. They then…
— John Kenneth Galbraith
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Exxon, Coca-Cola, BHP Billiton and News Corporation have much more say in organising the global agenda than the planet's 5 billion mature-age voters without a…
— Bob Brown
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I have consistently made it very clear that I will vote a straight Democratic ticket, just like I do every election. From the local Constable…
— Henry Cuellar
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The accolade of your peers is very exciting, always. There's lots of good stuff on the ballot.
— Cory Doctorow
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Just as feudalism was an advance over slavery, and capitalism was the next step after feudalism, socialism is the next step after capitalism...........Socialism in America…
— Gus Hall
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More than 10,000 ballots in Miami-Dade County have been rejected by some machine without any opportunity for a human being to take a look. That…
— Patricia Ireland
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If you had found the right candidate in 2000 or 2004, and you could have put that man or woman, given them ballot access in…
— Hamilton Jordan
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I will cut off this right arm of mine before I will ever work or demand the ballot for the Negro and not the woman.
— Susan B. Anthony
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Political activity alone cannot make a man free. Back of the ballot, he must have property, industry, skill, economy, intelligence, and character.
— Booker T. Washington
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First off there is no question that LaDainian is a first-ballot Hall of Famer. His contributions off the field to the community of San Diego…
— Dan Fouts
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I've been elected numerous times in South Carolina. If I'm on the ballot, I'm going to win South Carolina.
— Lindsey Graham
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There are many hands touching ballots after a voter drops his ballot into the ballot box. There is no guarantee of ballot secrecy for anyone,…
— Bob Schaffer
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You know, we had the elections earlier in the week, and a dead woman, in Pennsylvania, somehow was on the ballot and she was elected…
— David Letterman
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If you have not chosen me by secret ballot, neither have I gained office by any secret promises. I have not campaigned either for the…
— Gerald R. Ford
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The future is best decided by ballots, not bullets.
— Ronald Reagan
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Once a popular Alaska governor with a modest record of accomplishment, Palin could conceivably revive her reputation in this era of short memories. But it's…
— Ron Fournier
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Democrats believe they can win at the ballot box by obstructing, and they would rather win the next election than move America forward.
— Virginia Foxx
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If I put myself on the ballot and even 50 people voted for me, it'd be a travesty.
— Al Franken
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There is a subset of Democrats who tend to mis-fill out ballots. The way you mark the ballot is like an S.A.T. - you fill…
— Al Franken
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