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Disenfranchisement Quotes

I don't think science is hard to teach because humans aren't ready for it, or because it arose only through a fluke, or because, by and large, we don't have the brainpower to grapple with it. Instead, the enormous zest for science that I see in first-graders and the lesson from the remnant hunter-gatherers both speak eloquently: A proclivity for science is embedded deeply within us, in all times, places, and cultures. It has been the means for our survival. It is our birthright. When, through... Carl Sagan
Doug Coupland quote: "Only the disenfranchised can party with abandon."
Only the disenfranchised can party with abandon. Doug Coupland
Nick Hornby quote: "Sitting at the table with the kids, and being told off like a..."
Sitting at the table with the kids, and being told off like a kid, has liberated me; my disenfranchisement has empowered me. Nick Hornby
We have a president who stole the presidency through family ties, arrogance and intimidation, employing Republican operatives to exercise the tactics of voter fraud by disenfranchising thousands of blacks, elderly Jews and other minorities. Barbra Streisand
Robin Tunney quote: "I usually play disenfranchised youth."
I usually play disenfranchised youth. Robin Tunney
I think sometimes in life we want to ignore the problems of society and just think about the good. I believe in positive thinking and affirmative living, I also think it's really important to remember all of our disenfranchised members of society. Kerry Washington
I think as a whole America is dealing with the issue of homophobia. We got to be really honest about whether we believe in civil rights for all people or not. As Black people we need to remember the moment that we say it's okay to disenfranchise one segment of society, we're opening the door to move backward on ourselves. Kerry Washington
You don't have a very motivated working class, it starts to affect the dynamics of the economy. If workers are disenchanted and disenfranchised, productivity losses will go along with that. James Sinegal
Every man needs slaves like he needs clean air. To rule is to breathe, is it not? And even the most disenfranchised get to breathe. The lowest on the social scale have their spouses or their children. Albert Camus
The minimum wage is the black teenage unemployment act. It is the guaranteed way of holding the poor, the minorities and the disenfranchised out of the mainstream is if you price their original services too high. Arthur Laffer
Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourses of my book friends. They talk to me without embarrassment or awkwardness. Helen Keller
Sandra Bernhard quote: "I'm trying to appeal to the disenfranchised everybody, not..."
I'm trying to appeal to the disenfranchised everybody, not just specifically gay. Sandra Bernhard
I filed the ethics complaint against Tom DeLay not because I'm a Democrat and he's a Republican or even because he drew me out of my congressional seat but because he engaged in corruption to further his plans to disenfranchise voters in Texas. Chris Bell
Jesse Jackson quote: "There have been more people disenfranchised in Washington than..."
There have been more people disenfranchised in Washington than there have been in Kuwait. Jesse Jackson

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