"The closer a Negro got to the ballot……" — E. Franklin Frazier
"The closer a Negro got to the ballot box, the more he looked like a rapist."
More Ballot Quotes
- I think it's best if there's an amendment that goes on the ballot where the people can weigh in. Every… — Michele Bachmann
- Suffrage, noun. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot. The right of suffrage (which is held to be both… — Ambrose Bierce
- The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense, else what shall save us from a second slavery? — W. E. B. Du Bois
- The ballot box is the surest arbiter of disputes among free men. — James Buchanan
- If you have a government that is elected, they need to do the hard work - because if they don't,… — Abdallah II
- I love all people. I hate no one. And, you know, when you take a subject and you reduce it… — Kirk Cameron
- In a democracy, supposedly we hold power by what we do at the ballot box, so therefore the more we… — Robert Caro
- Voters tell politicians what they want through the ballot box. Constantly second-guessing them by speculating whether the parties should gang… — Nick Clegg
- Socialism in America will come through the ballot box. — Gus Hall
- Woman stock is rising in the market. I shall not live to see women vote, but I'll come and rap… — Lydia M. Child
- Our cause is a common one. It is war between poverty and wealth. ... This moneyed power is fast eating… — William H. Sylvis
- I'm not saying anything one way or the other about the two ballot issues. I am not speaking about the… — Mitt Romney