Ballot Quotes

The ballot is stronger than the bullet. (Abraham Lincoln)
The ballot box is the surest arbiter of disputes among free men. View quote
James Buchanan
The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense, else what shall save us from a second slavery? View quote
W. E. B. Du Bois
Those who have the immense dishonesty to fight with a ballot box in one hand and a rifle in the other have no place in democratic politics. View quote
Neil Kinnock
The technological landscape of the present day has enfranchised its own electorates - the inhabitants of the marketing zones in the consumer society, television audiences and news magazine readerships, who vote with money at the cash counter rather than with ballot paper at the polling booth. These huge and passive electorates are wide open to any opportunist using the psychological weaponry of fear and anxiety, elements that are carefully blanched out of the world of domestic products and consumer software. View quote
J. G. Ballard
Here, in the first paragraph of the Declaration [of Independence], is the assertion of the natural right of all to the ballot; for how can "the consent of the governed" be given, if the right to vote be denied? View quote
Susan B. Anthony
We do not believe in government through the voting booth. The Spanish national will was never freely expressed through the ballot box. Spain has no foolish dreams. View quote
Francisco Franco
It'll be the ballot or it'll be the bullet. It'll be liberty or it'll be death. And if you're not ready to pay that price don't use the word freedom in your vocabulary. View quote
Malcolm X
Woman stock is rising in the market. I shall not live to see women vote, but I'll come and rap on the ballot box. View quote
Lydia Maria Child
Like Lincoln, I would like to believe the ballot is stronger than the bullet. Then again, he said that before he got shot. View quote
Sarah Vowell
The secret ballot makes a secret government; and a secret government is a secret band of robbers and murderers. (Lysander Spooner)
The ballot is stronger than bullets. View quote
Joseph Schumpeter
I love all people. I hate no one. And, you know, when you take a subject and you reduce it to something like a four-second sound bite, and a check mark on a ballot, I think that that's inappropriate and insensitive. View quote
Kirk Cameron
The South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the ballot box and the Civil Rights Law. View quote
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
There are many hands touching ballots after a voter drops his ballot into the ballot box. There is no guarantee of ballot secrecy for anyone, which makes the whole system vulnerable to intimidation and bribery. View quote
Bob Schaffer
The beauty of our democracy lies in the American value of equality: if you vote, you have a seat at the table. If you speak, you have a chance to persuade others. A billionaire and a minimum wage earner have the same power at the ballot box. View quote
Christine Pelosi
South Australia was the first community to give the secret ballot for political elections. View quote
Catherine Helen Spence
The closer a Negro got to the ballot box, the more he looked like a rapist. View quote
E. Franklin Frazier
I have consistently made it very clear that I will vote a straight Democratic ticket, just like I do every election. From the local Constable to the President, I will be voting for every Democrat on the ballot. View quote
Henry Cuellar
Office holders are a self-selected group; you don't get elected if you don't put your name on the ballot. There are many people who would do a great job, but who would never think to run. Find them. Badger them. Get them elected. They might not thank you for it, but a lot of other people will. View quote
John H. Sununu
People are even more wary of politicians and they are realizing that democracy isn't just about putting a cross on a ballot every four years, it's about deciding what you want and fighting for it. (Mark Thomas)
To imply that religious believers have no right to engage moral questions in the public square or at the ballot is simply to establish a Reichian secularism as our state faith. View quote
Maggie Gallagher
When you represent the state of Washington, we have a tradition of deciding social issues by vote. Washington State passed abortion rights before Roe v. Wade and affirmed it at the ballot box later. View quote
Michael Baumgartner
If it went on the ballot in Colorado, I would vote to lower the drinking age. View quote
Pete Coors
Once a popular Alaska governor with a modest record of accomplishment, Palin could conceivably revive her reputation in this era of short memories. But it's hard to imagine her name atop the GOP ballot in 2016, when a cast of heavyweights who sat out 2012 will be vying for the nomination. View quote
Ron Fournier