386 Quotes About Voting
- Author Camryn Daytona
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Ghotes? Vosts?” Heldra suggested. “What should we call ghost voting?” “We shouldn’t be calling it anything,” Ari said, dropping into a chair in frustration and pulling at her hair. “It shouldn’t be happening.
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- Author W.E.B. Du Bois
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We argued, as we thought then rather logically, that no social class was so good, so true, and so disinterested as to be trusted wholly with the political destiny of its neighbors; that in every state the best arbiters of their own welfare are the persons directly affected; consequently that it is only by arming every hand with a ballot,—with the right to have a voice in the policy of the state,—that the greatest good to the greatest number could be attained.
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- Author Karine Jean-Pierre
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When it comes to our democracy, and who we determine to have the right to vote--our most sacred of rights--patience is no virtue. We must never be patient when someone else's rights are in the balance. We cannot wait on laws, or elected officials, or anyone else. The only virtue when it comes to the right to vote is impatience.
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- Author Mahogany L. Browne
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Equality will cost you your luxurious life If a Black woman can’t vote If a brown baby can’t be fed If we all don’t have the same opportunity America promised
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- Author Abhijit Naskar
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No government, no party, no law, no army is stronger than the people - the resolve of the people can defeat even the strongest of armies - such is the power of the people - the people who are considered ordinary - the people who are considered common.
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- Author Daniel Alexander Brackins
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The repeal of laws as a means to roll back the state is not unjustified. For example, there is no coercion against those who would pick our pockets for “free” healthcare or education, rather it is more so an act of self-defense. As such, we are free to use the state’s political apparatus to further a platform against aggression, democracy, and egalitarianism, while supporting property rights.
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- Author H.L. Mencken
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The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.
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- Author Steven Magee
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Whether voting Republican or Democrat, the result is the same: A corrupt corporate government.
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- Author N.K. Jemisin
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No part of this comm gets to decide that any part of this comm is expendable. No voting on who gets to be people. [...] This is a community. You will be unified. You will fight for each other.
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