Voting Rights Quotes
21 quotes by 19 authors
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The Democrats co-opted the credit for the Civil Rights Act of 1964. But if you go back and look at the history, a larger percentage…
— Herman Cain
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We must continue to have voting rights in the state, not to politicize this, but they must have a voice in the rebuilding effort in…
— Marc Morial
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It was the biggest suppression of voting rights in our country's history since Jim Crow. And the thread of race runs from the beginning to…
— Sidney Blumenthal
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Parts of the Voting Rights Act are due to expire next year if Congress doesn't extend them, including the section that guarantees that voting rights…
— Marty Meehan
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Michelle Alexander's brave and bold new book paints a haunting picture in which dreary felon garb, post-prison joblessness, and loss of voting rights now do…
— Lani Guinier
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If the day comes when the two-state solution collapses, and we face a South African-style struggle for equal voting rights (also for the Palestinians in…
— Ehud Olmert
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No one questions the validity, the urgency, the essentiality of the Voting Rights Act.
— Anthony Kennedy
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How did the party that elected the first black U.S. senator, the party that elected the first 20 African American congressmen, become a party that…
— Rand Paul
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Americans of our own time - minority and majority Americans alike - need the continued guidance that the Voting Rights Act provides. We have come…
— Elijah Cummings
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It's time for Congress to act, restore the Voting Rights Act, and take action to prevent voter disenfranchisem ent. As your next Congresswoman, I will…
— Alma Adams
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President Lyndon Johnson's high spirits were marked as he circulated among the many guests whom he had invited to witness an event he confidently felt…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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I have been a long and strong supporter of civil rights in my whole career. I led the fight to get the voting rights act…
— Dick Gephardt
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I think what happened during the Great Depression was that African Americans understood that Republicans championed citizenship and voting rights but they became impatient for…
— Rand Paul
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What gets lost is that the Republican Party has always been the party of civil rights and voting rights.
— Rand Paul
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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was indeed a vital instrument of democracy, ensuring the integrity and reliability of a democratic process that we as…
— Charles Rangel
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From 1965 to 1967, my dad, Jack Gilligan, served in Congress and helped pass landmark laws like the Voting Rights Act.
— Kathleen Sebelius
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Having personally watched the Voting Rights Act being signed into law that August day, I can't begin to imagine how we could have all been…
— Andrew Young
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 laid the foundation for the Voting Rights Act of 1965, but it also addressed nearly every other aspect of…
— Aberjhani
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It has been hard to get my head around how Justice Antonin Scalia rationalizes his decisions. His body blow to the Voting Rights Act was…
— Henry Rollins
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When it comes to voting rights, Democrats push voter protection while Republicans shout voter fraud in a crowded polling place. Democrats think anyone who can…
— Christine Pelosi
Who Wrote These Voting Rights Quotes
19 authors contributed a total of 21 Voting Rights Quotes as follows: