Nina Turner Quotes

It is not suffrage that gives life to democracy; it is our democratic society that gives life to suffrage.

I believe that voting is the first act of building a community as well as building a country.

The right to vote freely for the candidate of one’s choice is of the essence of a democratic society, and any restrictions on that right strike at the heart of representative government

The extension of suffrage will not forbid the supremacy of intelligence.

Women are citizens, children are citizens; but they do not exercise the elective franchise by virtue of their citizenship.

Latino voters are American voters. When we vote, we remember who stood against us.

Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery

As to those who have no landed property, ... the allowing them to vote for legislators is an impropriety.

Every Indian has a right to take part in politics. Why not me?

For our white members, voting is something they have done for hundreds of years. But for us, it is not such a traumatic thing, because we have never participated in an election.

I had incorrectly, for all of my adult life until 2008, believed the biggest voting myth that exists - that ex-felons cannot vote.

The voting booth joint is a great leveler; the whole neighborhood - rich, poor, old, young, decrepit and spunky - they all turn out in one day.

The right to vote should be considered sacred in our democracy.

I am sure that every one of my colleagues - Democrat, Republican, and Independent - agrees with that statement. That in the voting booth, every one is equal.

I just think that all of us in this room should have a voice in how the USA is represented. And he don't allow us our voice, that's all I'm saying.

I cast my first vote on my father's lap in 1960, for Richard Nixon, in the voting booth. I was 8.

By what right do you refuse to accept the vote of a citizen of the United States?

When women are pessimistic about their political strength and feel hopeless about changing the conditions of their lives, it is almost as if they do not believe that democracy means the country belongs to them. But it's true.

A man without a vote is in this land like a man without a hand.

Voting in Florida is like there’s some kind of goody in a box and you want to get it, but you’ve got to be persistent to get it.

Universal suffrage is our ultimate goal.

Universal suffrage exists in the United States without producing any frightful consequences.

Annual Parliaments, Universal Suffrage and Votes by Ballot.

The right of voting for representatives is the primary right by which other rights are protected. To take away this right is to reduce a man to slavery, for slavery consists in being subject to the will of another, and he that has not a vote in the election of representatives is in this case.

The very right to vote imposes on me the duty to instruct myself in public affairs however little influence my voice may have in them.