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I hope that no American . . . will waste his franchise and throw
away his vote by voting read more
I hope that no American . . . will waste his franchise and throw
away his vote by voting either for me or against me solely on
account of my religious affiliation. It is not relevant.
All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing read more
All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and wrong.
The people who cast the votes don't decide an election, the people who count the votes do.
The people who cast the votes don't decide an election, the people who count the votes do.
Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than
Christianity has made them good.
Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than
Christianity has made them good.
Slavery is but half abolished, emancipation is but half
completed, while millions of freeman with votes in their hands read more
Slavery is but half abolished, emancipation is but half
completed, while millions of freeman with votes in their hands
are left without education.
The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls read more
The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.
Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and
heart to this vote.
Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and
heart to this vote.
I would not vote for the mayor. It's not just because he didn't
invite me to dinner, but because read more
I would not vote for the mayor. It's not just because he didn't
invite me to dinner, but because on my way into town from the
airport there were such enormous potholes.
The freeman casting, with unpurchased hand,
The vote that shakes the turrets of the land.
The freeman casting, with unpurchased hand,
The vote that shakes the turrets of the land.