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Vote Quotes
On ballots, principle, and voting against.
These vote quotes look skeptically at the mechanics of voting — parties softening their stance just to court votes, and a claim that populations say they care about corruption without acting on it at the ballot box. One line recalls a voter from another century who would have proudly backed Henry Clay, connecting to Election quotes on this site.
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- Just Because
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's the 21st century. It's untenable to suggest that women had no significance and no interest and that just because they didn't vote they had no relevance to the course of our history.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
These immigrants have come to our country and blatantly disregarded our laws. We cannot, we should not, reward that. No amnesty. No ability to vote. Get those borders secure, and then deal with that situation.
- Defends
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 2012, the Liberal Party affirmed overwhelmingly at the policy convention that we are a pro-choice party. It means that we are a party that defends women's rights, and therefore, it would be inconsistent for any Liberal MP to be able to vote to take away women's rights.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don't buy a single vote more than necessary. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for a landslide.
- Deserve
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- Nov 07, 2020
America's workers deserve a clean vote on a $7.25 increase, with no strings attached. Such an increase helps everyone and hurts no one.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020
A chief justice's authority is really quite limited, and the dynamic among all the justices is going to affect whether he can accomplish much or not. There is this convention of referring to the Taney Court, the Marshall Court, the Fuller Court, but a chief justice has the same vote that everyone else has.
- Exercise
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- Nov 07, 2020
Too many people struggled, suffered, and died to make it possible for every American to exercise their right to vote.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a congressman, why should I be forced to peruse cable stations and blog sites for information on the discussions and then be asked to vote for the deal when I have no input and no time to know even what's in it?
- Nov 07, 2020
Everybody who is a Republican wants to call themselves conservative even if they don't necessarily vote that way.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hope that no American will waste his franchise and throw away his vote by voting either for me or against me solely on account of my religious affiliation. It is not relevant.
- Discrimination
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- Nov 07, 2020
Countless black citizens in the South couldn't vote. They were second-class citizens from cradle to grave. The discrimination was terrible, brutal.
- Mission
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm going to vote in support of the president of the United States in keeping the troops in Iraq until the president and our military is convinced that the mission is complete.
- Deficiency
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- Nov 07, 2020