"Nobody will ever deprive the American people..." - Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt
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.
More by Franklin D Roosevelt
“The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerated the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. That in its essence is fascism: ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power.”
“I have seen war. I have seen war on land and sea. I have seen blood running from the wounded. I have seen men coughing out their gassed lungs. I have seen the dead in the mud. I have seen cities destroyed. I have seen 200 limping, exhausted men come out of line—the survivors of a regiment of 1,000 that went forward 48 hours before. I have seen children starving. I have seen the agony of mothers and wives. I hate war.”
“We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.”
More on Democracy
“To safeguard democracy the people must have a keen sense of independence, self-respect, and their oneness.”
“Selection [of UN delegates] by governments cannot give the peoples of the world the feeling of being fairly and proportionately represented. The moral authority of the UN would be considerable enhanced if the delegates were elected directly by the people. Were they responsible to an electorate, they would have much more freedom to follow their consciences.”
“Ours is a government of liberty by, through, and under the law.A great democracy must be progressive or it will soon cease to be great or a democracy.”
More on Voting
“It is not the qualified voters, but the qualified voters who choose to vote, that constitute political power.”
“If all of you had voted the other way - there's about 5500 of you here tonight - I would not be the President of the United States.”
“Once you don't vote your ideals ... that has serious undermining affects. It erodes the moral basis of our democracy.”