Political Quotes

“some four decades ago, Dr. Martin Luther King said: The history of our nation is the history of a long and tireless effort to broaden and to increase the franchise of American citizens. This afternoon, we are gathered to consider the election reform bill which will live up, in my view, to the words Dr. Martin Luther King uttered 40 years ago; that is, to broaden the franchise of American citizens. It is a great honor and privilege to bring this bill to the floor, the Equal Protection of Voting Rights Act, with a bipartisan compromise that will be substituted for the committee-reported text of the bill when we get to that point. As Thomas Paine once said: The right to vote is the primary right upon which all other rights are based. Therefore, there is no greater challenge facing this body than restoring Americans' faith in our electoral process. Fourteen months ago yesterday, the American public decided--the country decided--who would be the 43rd President of the United States.”