Quotes of: Voting-rights Keyword

I am a Colorado native, and, no, I did not vote for the anti-gay amendment or the same-sex marriage ban, and I am not a member of a militia.

Connie Willis

If you're listening to a rock star in order to get your information on who to vote for, you're a bigger moron than they are.

Alice Cooper

When you put a tiny and despised minority up for a popular vote, the minority usually loses.

Andrew Sullivan

Look at the declining television coverage. Look at the declining voting rate. Economics and economic news is what moves the country now, not politics.

Robert Teeter

Bad politicians are not Born.They are created.Created by the good people who go on a picnic on voting day.

Life

People vote for whom they believe will be the best president and representative for our country. The First Lady is not on the ballot.

Venita Ellick

You've got to work things out in the cloakroom, and when you've got them worked out, you can debate a little before you vote.

Lyndon B. Johnson

If American women would increase their voting turnout by ten percent, I think we would see an end to all of the budget cuts in programs benefiting women and children.

Coretta Scott King

We pride ourselves on our democratic traditions, but in Canada, women couldn't vote until 1918, Asians until 1948, and First Nations people living on reserves until 1960.

David Suzuki

Just as everybody has the vote including women, I think children should, because as a child is conscious of itself then it has to me an existence and has a stake in what happens.

Gertrude Stein

I voted no on the resolution to give the president authority to go to war against Iraq. I was able to apply caveat emptor. Most of my colleagues could not.

Bob Graham

Common wisdom dictates that the vice president should provide balance to the ticket by representing a different part of the country, another set of experiences, or a basketful of electoral votes.

Madeleine M. Kunin

The right balance depends on the weigher.

Georgian

I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care.

Lou Holtz

If you give people the opportunity to do the right thing, you'll rarely be disappointed.

Pierre Omidyar

'Do the Right Thing' was like the first film where I really felt comfortable working with actors.

Spike Lee

American people are not evil. Given information, they will do the right thing. But they're not given the information.

Tim Robbins

Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

Mark Twain

A business of high principle generates greater drive and effectiveness because people know that they can do the right thing decisively and with confidence.

Marvin Bower

Health care is not a privilege. It's a right. It's a right as fundamental as civil rights. It's a right as fundamental as giving every child a chance to get a public education.

Rod Blagojevich

The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to 'create' rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit our Government from infringing rights and liberties presumed to be preexisting.

William J. Brennan, Jr.