QuoteQuest“Here, in the first paragraph of the Declaration [of Independence], is the assertion of the natural right of all to the ballot; for how can "the consent of the governed" be given, if the right to vote be denied?”
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Source
- Title
- Wikiquote: Susan B. Anthony
- Type
- reference · Secondary source
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- Wikiquote
Context
On the United States Declaration of Independence in her "Is It a Crime for a Citizen of the United States to Vote?" speech before her trial for voting (1873)
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Anthony, Susan B.. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Susan B. Anthony. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Susan_B._Anthony
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