“it was the United States which first established general suffrage for men upon the two principles that 'taxation without representation is tyranny' and that governments to be just should 'derive their consent from the governed.' The unanswerable logic of these two principles is responsible for the extension of suffrage to men and women the world over. In the United States, however, women are still taxed without 'representation' and still live under a government to which they have given no 'consent.” MenWorldShouldFirstsStillsTwoStatesGovernmentGivenJusticeUnitedPrinciplesUnited StatesMen And WomenLogicResponsibleTyrannyRepresentationConsentExtensionsTaxationSuffrageTaxation Without Representation Author:Carrie Chapman Catt
“... while one-half of the people of the United States are robbed of their inherent right of personal representation in this freestcountry on the face of the globe, it is idle for us to expect that the men who thus rob women will not rob each other as individuals, corporations and Government.” PeopleMenStatesGovernmentFacesIndividualUnitedHalfUnited StatesCrimeHe ManInjusticeCorporationsInherentGlobesRepresentationIdleSuffrageOne HalfWoman Suffrage Author:Susan B. Anthony
“We print money. The people that print the money is actually us. The government of the United States of America. By its very nature, we control that, and this system is there as representation of us.” PeopleStatesGovernmentAmericaUnitedUnited StatesPrintRepresentationUnited States Of America Author:J. C. Chandor
“Any Reform Bill which is worth a moment's thought, or the smallest effort to carry it, must at least double, and it ought to do much more than double, the representation of the metropolitan boroughs and of all the great cities of the United Kingdom.” MomentsUnitedEffortCitiesOughtBillsKingdomsReformSmallestRepresentationGreat CitiesUnited KingdomMetropolitan Book:The Public Letters of John Bright Source: The Public Letters of John Bright