“We need to make sure that the laws we're passing are protecting people. And we should not be voting against something that makes progress just because it doesn't make as much progress as we'd like to see made. As much as I might like to see any number of issues progress in larger steps, I understand that some of these things happen in smaller steps. And so for that reason, progress is progress. And success is success.” PeopleNeedsShouldMadeReasonMightHappensLawNumbersStepsIssuesProgressThings HappenPassingPassingsVoting Author:Clay Aiken
“A share in the sovereignty of the state, which is exercised by the citizens at large, in voting at elections is one of the most important rights of the subject, and in a republic ought to stand foremost in the estimation of the law...That portion of the sovereignty, to which each individual is entitled, can never be too highly prized. It is that for which we have fought and bled.” ImportantStatesLawIndividualRightsShareSubjectsOughtCitizensElectionVotingRepublicPortionsEntitledSovereigntyEstimationElections And Voting Author:Alexander Hamilton
“Feminism has fought no wars ... killed no opponents ... set up no concentration camps ... starved no enemies ... practiced no cruelty. Its battles have been for education, for the vote, for better working conditions, for safety in the streets ... for reforms in the law.” Has BeensWarLawFightingWomenEducationEnemyFeminismStreetsConditionsBattleVoteSafetyKillingFeministCrueltyReformOpponentsVotingConcentrationCampsWomen EmpowermentNo WarConcentration CampPublic SafetyAccess To EducationWorking Conditions Author:Dale Spender