Political Rights Quotes

A little rebellion now and then is a good thing.... Unsuccessful rebellions indeed generally establish the encroachment on the rights of people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governments so mild in their punishment of rebellion so as not to discourage them too much.

If pigs could vote, the man with the slop bucket would be elected swineherd every time, no matter how much slaughtering he did on the side.

In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political issues ….

I want to say to you who think women cannot succeed, we have brought the government of England to this position, that it has to face this alternative: either women are to be killed or women are to have the vote.

Women stock is rising in the market. I shall not live to see women vote, but I'll come and rap at the ballot box.

The right to vote is the easiest of all rights to grant.

To deny political equality is to rob the ostracized of all self-respect; of credit in the market place; of recompense in the world of work; of a voice among those who make and administer the law; a choice in the jury before whom they are tried, and in the judge who decides their punishment.

Having personally watched the Voting Rights Act being signed into law that August day, I can't begin to imagine how we could have all been so wrong in believing that more Americans would vote once they were all truly free to do so.

Freedom to vote is valuable primarily as a means to safeguard other freedoms.

The economic development of the country must come first. Education and the raising of the standards of the people will follow. Afterwards political development may be possible.

Susan B. Anthony formed the Equal Rights Association, refuted ideas that women were inferior to men, and fought for a woman's right to vote.

Who are to be the electors? Not the rich more than the poor, not the learned more than the ignorant, not the haughty heirs of distinguished names more than the humble sons of obscure and unpropitious fortune. The electors are to be the great body of the people of the United States.

Economic developments made modern democracy possible.

Far be it for me to encourage women to vote, or take an active part in politics in the present state of our government. Her right to the elective franchise, however, is the same, and should be yielded to her, whether she exercise that right or not.

Democracy is made up of three elements. One is whether the laws support pluralistic principles. The second is whether the people take advantage of these laws. The third element is whether the peoples' wallets are thick enough to benefit from this democracy.

People must accept that their governments cannot guarantee absolute safety. A measure of insecurity is the price of liberty and democracy. It’s a price worth paying.

We want political power in our country for our philosophy of life. This means we've got to get involved more and more in politics.

Freedom of expression is no longer a political nicety, but a precondition for economic competitiveness.

[In the event of war, Americans would] resort for repose and security to institutions which have a tendency to destroy their civil and political rights. To be more safe they, at length, become willing to run the risk of being less free.

… that unhappy Act of Parliament which invested German settlers with the Rights of Englishmen before they knew how to use them.

The question of education has nothing to do with the question of the vote. On numerous occasions it has been proved in history that people can enjoy the vote even if they have no education.

I am confident that you brothers in parliament will champion the will of the people over that of the occupier.

Women, what age soever they are of, are not considered as having a sufficient acquired discretion to exercise the franchise

In the Islamic government all people have complete freedom to have any kind of opinion.

Speech is what makes man a political being.