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The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense, else what shall save us from a second slavery?

— W. E. B. Du Bois

We need to protect voting rights.

— Josh Shapiro

Let America Vote will make the case for voting rights by exposing the real motivations of those who favor voter suppression laws.

— Jason Kander

We must have our freedom now. We must have the right to vote. We must have equal protection of the law.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

We need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution.

— Al Sharpton

We must control the politics and the politicians of our community. They must no longer take orders from outside forces. We will organize, and…

— Malcolm X

For black America needs a politics whose first mission isn't the reinforcement of the idea of black America; and a discourse of race that…

— Anonymous

If the black vote does not come out in big numbers in the age of Ferguson and voter ID, it will empower our adversaries…

— Al Sharpton

We have to do what they did in Alabama, which is a data-centric campaign that identifies black voters that haven't voted in a while…

— Mike Espy

We need to fight for a new human rights movement that recognizes and values black life.

— Patrisse Cullors

There is no one right now in my judgment that can unite the Black electorate in such a way to present our agenda to…

— Louis Farrakhan

To suppress minority thinking and minority expression would tend to freeze society and prevent progress. Now more than ever we must keep in the…

— Wendell Willkie