#vote

We blacks were the first people embracing Obama, long before the people at expensive fundraisers were supporting him. We gave him his first love, 96 percent of blacks voted for him in 2008. Yet today we are the number one in unemployment, with 16 percent of American blacks out of work. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#before #blacks #embracing #expensive #first

I not only urge you to vote that ticket yourself, but I beg that you will persuade others to do so. Personal effort can accomplish a great deal, and I beg that you will use your personal influence with your friends to get them to go with you to save the boys. ↗

— Thomas Jordan Jarvis

#beg #deal #effort #friends #get

For some reason the most devoted mapheads seem to be kids. ↗

— Ken Jennings

#kids #most #reason #seem #some

I never would have believed as a candidate for the U.S. Senate that the U.S. government could buy GM without a hearing, with no vote, yes or no. There are billions and billions of dollars at stake here. ↗

— Mike Johanns

#billions #buy #candidate #could #dollars

It takes ground activity to stimulate that Black vote. ↗

— Eddie Bernice Johnson

#black #ground #stimulate #takes #vote

A man without a vote is man without protection. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#protection #vote #without

You've got to work things out in the cloakroom, and when you've got them worked out, you can debate a little before you vote. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#debate #got #little #out #them

I have never had a vote, and I have raised hell all over this country. You don't need a vote to raise hell! You need convictions and a voice! ↗

— Mother Jones

#country #had #hell #i #need

I think the federal government really should be supporting Louisiana and ensuring that every person from that area has an opportunity to vote on what will occur in the area. ↗

— Stephanie Tubbs Jones

#ensuring #every #federal #federal government #government

In the political world, the only position I have is voter. I'm not a spokesman for anything. ↗

— Tommy Lee Jones

#i #only #political #political world #position