Quotes of: Voting-rights Keyword

I have no idea what goes on in another person's mind. As a legislator, I need to be good at persuading people, counting votes and getting to 50 percent plus one. I don't go back and say, 'Why did this person get to the right position?' It's only, 'Ar...

Tammy Baldwin

Democracy means that people can say what they want to. All the people. It means that they can vote as they wish. All the people. It means that they can worship God in any way they feel right, and that includes Christians and Jews and voodoo doctors a...

Dalton Trumbo

What we say is that democracy means that you have the right to vote without intimidation and undue burdens. But if you stand in line for six hours, technically, today there is no document, no standard, no law that says that that's wrong.

DeForest Soaries

I think when you've lost an election by 179, there's going to be a period of time after eighteen years in government when you can't do anything right, and people just kick you for the sake of it, will never admit they voted Conservative.

Jeffrey Archer

Here's why I cannot vote for Rudy Giuliani. He's pro-abortion. He's never repudiated gay marriage in New York City or at least the civil unions in New York City. He's called a champion of gay rights. Rudy is opposed to school choice. He's in favor of...

James Dobson

In the world at large we seldom vote for a principle or a given state of affairs. We vote for a man who pretends to believe in that principle or promises to achieve that state. We don't want a man, we want a condition of peace and plenty-- or, it may...

Walden Two

People aren't necessarily as concerned with how you vote as long as they feel they have a voice. If you can cross that basic threshold - that is, when a voter knows you're willing to listen to them and that you care about their lives - then that's mo...

John Yarmuth

In 2008, as a matter of fact, I had people accusing me of being a Senator Obama supporter because I wouldn't slam him. I said, 'Well, consider the fact that I voted for impeachment for President Clinton, but it wasn't a personal vote. I voted based o...

J. C. Watts

The voter does not vote only on one issue, the voter votes on a multiplicity of issues.

P. Chidambaram

I don't see how a young American can vote for, well, can vote for a Democrat.

Mitt Romney

A vote for Japan is a vote for the future of rugby. We will do our best to make rugby a global sport.

Yoshiro Mori

Make no mistake, a 'yes' vote on the Democrats' health care bill is a vote for taxpayer-funded abortions.

John Boehner

My votes against the education bill and my votes against the Medicare bill got huge play at home.

Mike Pence

It is better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for what you don't want and get it.

Eugene V. Debs

I have voted in every election that I have been qualified to vote in since I turned 18.

Chelsea Clinton

If you double count some votes, that makes other votes disenfranchised.

John Ensign

Democracy is about voting and it's about a majority vote. And it's time that we started exercising the Democratic process.

Debbie Stabenow

The democratic process is supposed to be one person one vote, but it turns out that money is talking louder than the votes.

James Hansen

I went to vote once, but I got too scared. I couldn't decide whom to vote for.

Andy Warhol

They all want to be me. They do! What everybody else says they will do, I've already been doing. They all want to be me. It's become a joke in Congress how Dr. Gingrey and Mr. Kingston have been following my votes. They've even changed votes to what ...

Paul Broun

I'm elected. I don't report to any politician. I report to the people. If I had to report to any politician, I'd quit tomorrow. I'm not tall, dark and handsome. They don't vote for me because I look like a movie star. I can't get that vote. People ke...

Joe Arpaio