“The reason that these men, from that area, have that type of power is because America has a seniority system, and those who have this seniority have been there longer than anyone else because the black people in the areas where they live, can't vote. And it is only because the Black man is deprived of his vote that puts these men in positions of power that gives them such influence in the government beyond their actual intellectual or political ability, or even beyond the number of people from the areas that they represent” Debate Quotes Author:Malcolm X "Extremism in Defense of Liberty is No Vice"