You can be out of slavery and have the right to vote, but unless you have access to capital, industry and technology, you can't fulfill your dreams.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
You can't just vote for yourself. All the time, you're thinking what sort of country, what world, what future?
If elected members of any body - whether it's a state house or Congress - were not willing to take career-ending or at least election-losing votes, I would not have the right to vote today.
You're not going to get a chance to vote for me on the ballot, but you can actually vote for what I believe in.
As an American citizen, one has to vote. If we don't vote, we're not doing our part. We'll become some sort of oligarchy.
You can't put civil rights on the ballot.
It's my constitutional right to have my choice of who I want to vote for for president.
No one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to fly high. No government, no legislature, has a right to limit your dreams. You should never agree to surrender your dreams.
As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
If you care about women's rights, you can't not vote.
I knew that I could vote and that that wasn't a privilege; it was my right. Every time I tried I was shot, killed or jailed, beaten or economically deprived.