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“Contrary to unwritten political law of abuse, Civilians are not the doormats of democracy. Civilians are the doors, civilians are the buildings, Civilians are the whole of the social anatomy.”

Book:Esperanza Impossible: 100 Sonnets of Ethics, Engineering & Existence

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Esperanza Impossible: 100 Sonnets of Ethics, Engineering & Existence

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“The vote is the emblem of your equality, women of America, the guaranty of your liberty. That vote of yours has cost millions of dollars and the lives of thousands of women. Women have suffered agony of soul which you never can comprehend, that you and your daughters might inherit political freedom. That vote has been costly. Prize it! The vote is a power, a weapon of offense and defense, a prayer. Use it intelligently, conscientiously, prayerfully. Progress is calling to you to make no pause. Act!”

Suffrage Voting Rights

Author:Carrie Catt

“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.”

Democracy Voting Protest African Americans Blacks Impatience Voting Rights Voter Suppression

Book:Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019

Source: Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019

“And there were men who worked as hard to restrict the vote as others did to expand it, such as John Randolph of Roanoke, who fought to deny the franchise to men without property, declaring, "I am an aristocrat. I love liberty. I hate equality.”

Voting Rights

Book:The Fight to Vote

Source: The Fight to Vote

“You gotta remember the smartest thing the Congress did was to limit the voters in this country. Out of 3 1/2 to 4 million people, 200,000 voted. And that was true for a helluva long time, and the republic would have never survived if all the dummies had voted along with the intelligent people.”

Democracy Elections Voting Rights

Author:Richard Nixon

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