“... even if the right to vote brought to women no better work, no better pay, no better conditions in any way, she should have itfor her own self-respect and to compel man's respect for her.” IfsMenWayShouldSelfPayConditionsShould HaveVoteSelf RespectSuffrageRight To VoteWoman Suffrage Author:Susan B. Anthony
“The political terms 'will' and 'popular will' have a long track record in Western history going back to Rousseau. That record is profoundly anti-democratic, essentially inviting elites to interpret what the common people believe and want. In litigious modern America, that would be a judicial elite telling us how we meant to vote or should have voted.” PeopleWantShouldBelieveLongWould BeAmericaPoliticalTermCommonRecordsModernShould HaveVoteDemocraticWesternTrackElitesJudicialInvitingTrack RecordModern America Author:John Leo
“Certainly, if we believe in democracy and democratic systems, when [Benazir Bhutto] failed to pass any legislation, really, at all in her first two years in government during her first term and in fact had a tenure that was marked not only by gross corruption but by human rights abuses, that should have been a time for people to say, "Well, OK, we've given you an opportunity and you haven't bettered the institutions, you haven't strengthened the democratic cause - we may not vote you back."” PeopleIfsShouldYearsFirstsBelieveHumansWellsMayHas BeensTwoFactsGovernmentOpportunityGivenCausesTermDemocracyRightsHavensShould HaveVoteAbuseInstitutionsDemocraticHuman RightsCorruptionTwo YearsLegislationGrossShould Have BeenTenureBhutto Author:Fatima Bhutto
“What's going to be hard for the United States is that our policy for a long time has been a two-state solution; the Palestinians should have their own state. Now, the Palestinians are going to the U.N. and saying, 'We're having the U.N. vote to say we have our own state. Well, if that's your policy, United States of America, why are you vetoing it?' Which we will do.” IfsShouldWellsLongHas BeensTwoHardStatesAmericaUnitedUnited StatesPolicyLong TimeSolutionsShould HaveVotePalestinianUnited States Of America Author:Bill Maher
“I support selecting as many candidates as early as possible for lots of reasons. First of all I think it is important that every voter - regardless of where they live in the country - should have the opportunity to vote Conservative should they wish.” ThinkingShouldFirstsImportantCountryReasonOpportunityWishSupportShould HaveVoteConservativeCandidatesVoters Author:Theresa May
“The value of "one person, one vote," the value of equality, is a value that was given to us more than 50 years ago as a central part of our constitutional tradition. So, under that principle, we ought to be applying the same standard today that I would have said we should have applied a year ago.” ShouldYearsPersonsSaidTodayValuesGivenPrinciplesOughtStandardsYears AgoTraditionShould HaveVote Author:Lawrence Lessig
“I live in a country where, at least by my sense of arithmetic and justice, Al Gore should have been president, not George W. Bush. To this day, John Kerry probably thinks he won Ohio in 2004 because he had suspicions about the vote in Ohio. And, by the way, Richard Nixon had suspicions in 1960 about the vote in Chicago when he lost to JFK.” ThinkingWayShouldHas BeensCountryLostPresidentJusticeShould HaveVoteThis DayAlsChicagoSuspicion1960sShould Have BeenGoreOhioArithmeticJohn Kerry Author:David Remnick
“The alleged menace of universal suffrage having been avoided by the absolute suppression of the negro vote, the spirit of mob murder should have been satisfied and the butchery of negroes should have ceased.” ShouldHas BeensSpiritShould HaveVoteUniversalMurderAbsolutesSatisfiedAvoidedShould Have BeenMenaceSuppressionSuffrageLynchingUniversal SuffrageButchery Book:The Light of Truth: Writings of an Anti-Lynching Crusader Source: The Light of Truth: Writings of an Anti-Lynching Crusader
“I think if progressives stay at this, continue at the grassroots level to make the case that all Americans should have choice, all Americans ought to be able to hold insurance companies accountable, I think we will have 60 votes in the United States Senate for a strong bill.” IfsThinkingShouldStatesAbleChoicesStrongLevelsUnitedCompanyCasesUnited StatesOughtShould HaveVoteBillsSenateInsurance CompaniesGrassroots Author:Ron Wyden
“When I say things that sound insane, like only the smartest million people should have the right to vote, well, I mean that.” PeopleShouldWellsMeanSoundMillionsShould HaveVoteInsaneRight To Vote Author:Adam Carolla