It was not a vote for Hohmann or against Merkel

 

It was not a vote for Hohmann or against Merkel - it was a vote for an open society.
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BBC (UK Version), November 14, 2003: "CDU red-faced over 'anti-Semitism' row"
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During the Hohmann crisis - voting for the expulsion, but saying the No votes represented a kick-back against "political correctness"

 

Gunter Nooke

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If you are part of a society that votes, then do so. There may be no candidates and no measures you want to vote for, but there are certain to be ones you want to vote against. In case of doubt, vote against. By this rule you will rarely go wrong. If this is too blind for your taste, consult some well-meaning fool (there is always one around) and ask his advice. Then vote the other way. This enables you to be a good citizen (if such is your wish) without spending the enormous amount of time on it that truly intelligent exercise of franchise requires.

 

Robert A. Heinlein

 

Mr. President, you said would we have more leverage if both parties got our votes, but we didn't come this far playing political games. It was those that earned our vote that got our vote. We got the Civil Rights Act under a Democrat. We got the Voting Rights Act under a Democrat. We got the right to organize under Democrats. Mr. President, the reason we are fighting so hard, the reason we took Florida so seriously, is our right to vote wasn't gained because of our age. Our vote was soaked in the blood of martyrs, soaked in the blood of good men, soaked in the blood of four little girls in Birmingham. This vote is sacred to us. This vote can't be bargained away. This vote can't be given away. Mr. President, in all due respect, Mr. President, read my lips: Our vote is not for sale.

 

Al Sharpton

 

Every citizen of this country should be guaranteed that their vote matters, that their vote is counted, and that in the voting booth, their vote has a much weight as that of any CEO, any member of Congress, or any President.

 

Barbara Boxer

 

Let the black man vote when he is fit to vote; prohibit the white man voting when he is unfit to vote.

 

Warren G. Harding

 

Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.

 

John Quincy Adams