Marc Morial Quotes

A lot of our so-called Latino leaders are gutless. I talk to these cry-baby Latino leaders, and they say they can't win elections until Latinos are a majority.

Voting is a civic sacrament.

It's time for women to wake up, to use the power of the vote, to honor the suffragists who chained themselves to the White House fence so that women could vote.

Vote: The instrument and symbol of a freeman’s power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.

They hustled the indifferent to the booths; they lent shawls and held babies; they carried the sick and dying to the polls on mattresses—and they won. May black shame fall upon the individual or the party who, having the trust of these women, ever betrays it.

Political discussions fly over the heads of those who have no votes, and are not endeavoring to acquire them.

You’ve got the strongest hand in the world, the hand that marks the ballot, the hand that pulls the voting lever. Use it, will ya? Use it!”

They talked about how it was our rights as human beings to register and vote. I never knew we could vote before. Nobody ever told us.

Voting is something that we all have a right to. It's not something that we have to do... it's absolutely an honor and a great opportunity to be heard.

Throughout the 2016 presidential election, I listened. At debates and rallies, I heard their voices clearly and felt compelled to do something more. Thousands and thousands of women spoke with confidence and conviction.

All of us, as citizens, need to kind of get over our classisms and vote for the betterment of us all.

I think there is a lot of activism and energy from people all over America, and some of them are being represented by members that appear to be ignoring their constituents.

I have been apolitical all my life.

I felt like there was a real opportunity to help people understand that if you're concerned about what's happening in Washington, then you have voice. And that voice is your vote.

If we want our laws to change, we need to elect people who are willing to change them.

We live in a nation that spent centuries denying the right to vote to the poor, to women, and to people of color.

I consider politics very boring.

When I think about voting, I can skip it and still see myself as a good citizen. But when I think about being a voter, now the choice reflects on my character. It casts a shadow.

My parents are interested in politics.

I grew up hearing my parents' stories about how they had to fight for their right to vote in the Jim Crow South.

When it comes to free speech and participation in the democratic process, our laws should reflect the goal of making it easier for more citizens to engage.

Our ancestors went through so much in a fight for us to vote. So I believe that we should engage in all civic participation. It's healthy engagement.

There are people who have demonstrated their willingness to challenge systems and structures, and then when it comes to elections, some of those same people - I don't know where their fight went. What's interesting to me is to see people lose the revolution when it comes to elections.

If Latinos stay at home, we determine the outcome of an election.

I just have lot of faith in the minds of Americans to make the right voting decisions.