Ballots Quote by Frederick Douglass Download Open image “A man's rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.” — Frederick Douglass ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Ballots Boxes Gun Jury Men Miscellaneous Rights Three
We have four boxes with which to defend our freedom: the soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box. — Larry McDonald Copy Share Image
“Let’s be clear: Every day, all day they sit in a jury box—judging themselves.” — Sheenah Hankin Copy Share Image
There's a direct relationship between the ballot box and the bread box, and what the union fights for and wins at the bargaining table… — Walter Reuther Copy Share Image
In elections, you can't tell the outcome until you open the ballot boxes. — Katsuya Okada Copy Share Image
Men have two ways of righting their wrongs, by force and by the ballot. Both are denied to women, one by nature, the other… — Ida A Harper Copy Share Image
There's people on the left who say, the ballot box is a waste of time. Forget them. When Mandela voted for the first time… — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
There are many hands touching ballots after a voter drops his ballot into the ballot box. There is no guarantee of ballot secrecy for… — Bob Schaffer Copy Share Image
Demand the ballot as the undeniable right of every man who is called to the poll, and take special care that the old constitutional… — John Bright Copy Share Image
How, then, can the rights of three men exceed the rights of two men? In what possible way can the rights of three men… — Auberon Herbert Copy Share Image
“On Election Day, we select our representatives by secret ballot, and we choose our candidates based on their ability to protect our individual rights,… — Andrew P. Napolitano Copy Share Image
“A treacherous President stood in the way; and it can be easily seen how reluctant good men might be to admit an apostasy which… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
I have observed this in my experience of slavery, - that whenever my condition was improved, instead of its increasing my contentment, it only increased my desire to be free, and set me to thinking of plans to gain my freedom. I have found that, to make a contented slave, it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. It is… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share
“But I should be false in the earliest sentiments of my soul, if I suppressed the opinion. I prefer to be true to myself,… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity. — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
“I assert most unhesitatingly, that the religion of the south is a mere covering for the most horrid crimes, - a justifier of the most appalling barbarity, - a sanctifier of the most hateful frauds, - and a dark shelter under, which the darkest, foulest, grossest, and most infernal deeds of the slaveholders find the strongest protection. Were I to… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share
I assert most unhesitatingly, that the religion of the South is a mere covering for the most horrid crimes—a justifier of the most appalling… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose. — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
“We have all met a class of men, very remarkable for their activity, and who yet make but little headway in life; men who,… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
“The fatal poison of irresponsible power was already in her hands, and soon commenced its infernal work. That cheerful eye, under the influence of… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
The best way to marginalize the Muslim Brotherhood [in Egypt] is in the ballot box, not through arrests and killing people. — Kelly Ayotte Copy Share Image
Whether you are buying a car or casting a ballot, choosing a job or planning a family, follow your moral compass. Don't let others… — Denis Hayes Copy Share Image
Think about it: we went into slavery pagans; we came out Christians. We went into slavery pieces of property; we came out American citizens.… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
If you don't know, your labor unions and community organizations, there's somebody you can ask to guide you. A lot of people, especially in… — Dolores Huerta Copy Share Image
Models: I'm not voting for you for any stupid magazine list! If you were really that Hot you wouldn't have to beg the world… — Daniel Tosh Copy Share Image
I think it's best if there's an amendment that goes on the ballot where the people can weigh in. Every time this issue has… — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
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… — Gus Hall Copy Share Image
The Family of Man is more than 3 billion strong. It lives in more than 100 nations. Most of its members are not white.… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Barack Obama thinks he's universally loved and adored because of that approval rating, which is a lie or a misrepresentation. It's mainly people that… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
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 ballot box. — Bob Brown Copy Share
Unless they can pass the same test that immigrants must pass to become citizens, people shouldnt be allowed to vote. The idea that there is some public benefit in ignoramuses and morons pulling levers next to names on a ballot is one of the evil myths of post-modern America. The purpose of voting, in our country, is to select men… — Charley Reese Copy Share
It’ll be the ballot or it’ll be the bullet. It’ll be liberty or it’ll be death. And if you’re not ready to pay that… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image