Gloria Steinem Quotes

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.

The conception of political equality can mean only one thing—one person–one vote.

Citizens are all equal in politics: we each have one vote.

Suffrage is the pivotal right.

The voting booth joint is a great leveler; the whole neighborhood - rich, poor, old, young, decrepit and spunky - they all turn out in one day.

I am sure that every one of my colleagues - Democrat, Republican, and Independent - agrees with that statement. That in the voting booth, every one is equal.

Recognition of the principle ‘one man, one vote’ as a constitutional one redeems the promise of self-governance by affirming the essential dignity of every citizen to equal participation in the democratic process.

Universal suffrage is our ultimate goal.

A Vote For Every Man, Whether He Owns Property Or Not

Who are to be the electors? Not the rich more than the poor, not the learned more than the ignorant, not the haughty heirs of distinguished names more than the humble sons of obscure and unpropitious fortune. The electors are to be the great body of the people of the United States.

Disabled people should have the same access to democracy as everybody else.

The basis of our constitution is in opposition to the principle of equal political rights if it refuses to all but freeholders any participation in the natural right of self-government... And even among our citizens who participate in the representative privilege, the equality of political rights is entirely prostrated by our constitution... if it gives to every citizen of one county as much weight in the government as to twenty-two equal citizens in another.. If these fundamental principles are of no importance in actual government, then no principles are important.

The right to vote is the most powerful non-violent tool we have in the struggle for civil rights.

The equality of rights of all citizens is the basic tenet of modern democratic societies.

What the champions of suffrage understood was that the vote is not just a symbol of our equality, but that it can be, if used, a guarantee of results.

The democrats think that as they are equal they ought to be equal in all things.

There can no longer be anyone too poor to vote.

We demand in the Reconstruction suffrage for all the citizens of the Republic. I would not talk of Negroes or women, but of citizens.

Fair votes - fundamentally - are about the rights and the interests of the people.

Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.

There are some rights that are so fundamental to our society that you'd think the public debate would be closed on them. The right of every American citizen to vote - regardless of age, race, or income level - is one of them.

Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.

Africans require, want, the franchise on the basis of one man one vote. They want political independence.

Everybody in America has been dependent on the government at some time. We owe everybody in America the right to vote and access to capital. What I say is, let's make America work, let's make democracy and free enterprise work for everybody.