Democracy Quote by Donna Brazile

Men and women in my lifetime have died fighting for the right to vote: people like James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, who…

— Jeff Greenfield

Racial discrimination in elections in Texas is no mere historical artifact. To the contrary, Texas has been found in violation of the Voting Rights…

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

As a voting rights attorney, I know first-hand how partisan interests try to make it difficult for people to exercise their constitutional right to…

— Colin Allred

We passed the Voting Rights Act of Virginia, which restores and builds on key provisions of the 1965 federal Voting Rights Act that was…

— Ralph Northam

“We have created a new caste system that forces thousands of people into homelessness, bans them from living with their families and in their…

— Bryan Stevenson

Political elites vote in a more partisan fashion than the mass public; this tendency, too, follows a curve. The more you know, the more…

— Jill Lepore

Even when you mill about the House floor after a vote, you mill about in your partisan area. I'm someone who likes to walk…

— Colin Allred

Registering people to vote is not partisan activity.

— Susan Bysiewicz

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…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

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…

— Rand Paul

I deeply understand the history of civil rights and the horrendous impact that relentless and systemic discrimination and the denial of voting rights has…

— Jeff Sessions

U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz accused Republicans of trying to make it a crime to be an illegal alien. Democrats see a conspiracy plot. First…

— Argus Hamilton

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…

— Lani Guinier

No one questions the validity, the urgency, the essentiality of the Voting Rights Act.

— Anthony Kennedy

I spent many years working for voting rights, but we still see sophisticated efforts, led by white officials, to disenfranchise black voters in local…

— Edward Brooke