Charles Sumner: “Give me the ballot and I will move the world” may be the exclamation…”

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Give me the ballot and I will move the world” may be the exclamation of the race despoiled of this right.

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Massachusetts

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This quote captures the desperation of those denied the right to vote, expressing a powerful yearning for political agency.

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Charles Sumner: “Give me the ballot and I will move the world” may be the exclamation of the race despoiled of this right.”