40 Quotes About Voting-rights
- Author Michelle Alexander
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Ex-offenders are expected to pay fines and court costs, and submit paperwork to multiple agencies in an effort to win back a right that should never have been taken away in a democracy.
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- Author Michael Waldman
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And there were men who worked as hard to restrict the vote as others did to expand it, such as John Randolph of Roanoke, who fought to deny the franchise to men without property, declaring, "I am an aristocrat. I love liberty. I hate equality.
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- Author Beta Metani'Marashi
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Politicians are powerful because of people. But people are more powerful than politicians, only if they know how powerful they are, and if they used and exercise their rights, their voice, and cast their vote for the right person, and not for the corrupted politicians!
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- Author J.C. Phillips
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A number of laws that are said to protect citizens harkens back to "Jim Crow" era.
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