the right to vote in America is one that is almost sacred. It is the foundation of all our other rights.

Oh, it`s going to happen. It is going to happen, because I`m telling you right now, Joy, I am going to fight.

It would be nice if we had an anti-lynching law in this country.

Never give up. Never give in. Never give out. Keep the faith and keep your eyes on the prize.

keep pushing, keep fighting, don`t get - don`t get down, it`s going to be a hard struggle. But you got to keep pushing for those left out and left behind.

I just think that it is ludicrous for us to think that somehow now, the things that we are facing, particularly in Texas and elsewhere, are not akin to the same laws that were put in place then with the same objective and the end result…

How can that be consistent with our bipartisan--I will go beyond that--nonpartisan... commitment for everybody to have the right to vote unimpeded?

Democratic state representatives in Texas... organized a walkout in May to deny Republicans a quorum.

I believe more than anything else that when we look at the disappearance of preclearance from the Voting Rights Act... this is a new phenomenon in an old ball game.

I openly encourage people to vote all over the country and in Texas right now.

The struggle for the right to vote has been a struggle against all political parties in our history.

Corruption is corrosive for many reasons, but in particular because it undermines citizens' beliefs that governments can deliver for them.