Ballot Quotes

The South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the ballot box and the Civil Rights Law.

First, take the government of the Indians out of politics; second, let the laws of the Indians be the same as those of the whites; third, give the Indian the ballot.

The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense, else what shall save us from a second slavery?

You're not going to get a chance to vote for me on the ballot, but you can actually vote for what I believe in.

It's my name on the ballot, and it's me running this race. I'm the one doing this. Not my father and not my grandfather and not my great-uncle and not President Kennedy.

The time has come for justice at the ballot box, and justice in the courts, and justice in the legislative halls, and justice in the governor's office.

The accolade of your peers is very exciting, always. There's lots of good stuff on the ballot.

The ballot is stronger than the bullet.

Sharpton is not even on the Presidential primary ballot here in Louisiana.

That's what my Dad always told me, on the ballot, they should always have a third choice, like none of the above, then if enough people picked that, they'd have to get new candidates.

Suffrage, noun. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot. The right of suffrage (which is held to be both a privilege and a duty) means, as commonly interpreted, the right to vote for the man of another man's choice, and is highly prized.

The Greens have never been on the ballot in Georgia because of restrictive ballot access laws.

What a rush it was to plunge into the bin of official decision and cast a ballot in favor of FUN.

In a democracy, supposedly we hold power by what we do at the ballot box, so therefore the more we know about political power the better our choices should be and the better, in theory, our democracy should be.

With regard to the ballot, it is worthy of remark that no meeting has been held in favour of Reform at which the ballot has not been strongly insisted upon.

Democrats believe they can win at the ballot box by obstructing, and they would rather win the next election than move America forward.

Vote counting and ballot collecting does not occur in the light of day. There are too many occasions when observers and opposing parties lose contact with the ballots.

If you had found the right candidate in 2000 or 2004, and you could have put that man or woman, given them ballot access in September of the election year, they could have won the election.