"The question of education has nothing to..." - Quote by Nelson Mandela
The question of education has nothing to do with the question of the vote. On numerous occasions it has been proved in history that people can enjoy the vote even if they have no education.
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“We can build a society grounded on friendship and our common humanity - a society founded on tolerance. That is the only road open to us.”
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“A government which uses force to maintain its rule teaches the oppressed to use force to oppose it.”
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“Democracy and violence can ill go together.”
“I think that our politics everywhere are gonna be going through this bumpy phase. But as long as we stay true to our Democratic principles, as long as elections have integrity, as long as we respect freedom of speech, freedom of religion, as long as there are checks and balances in our governments so that the people have the ability to not just make judgments about how well government is serving them but also change governments if they're not serving them well, then I have confidence that over the long term, progress will continue.”
“To make fun of an administration, to make fun of anything, Mark Twain said, is the last defense of democracy.”
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“Hell, I never vote for anybody, I always vote against.”
“All the blood is drained out of democracy - it dies - when only half the population votes.”
“Inside the polling booth every American man and woman stands as the equal of every other American man and woman. There they have no superiors. There they have no masters save their own minds and consciences.”