Martin Luther King Right To Vote Quotes & Sayings

A law is unjust if it is inflicted on a minority that, as a result of being denied the right to vote, had no part in enacting or devising the law. Who can say that the legislature of Alabama which set up the state's segregation laws was democratically elected? — Martin Luther King Jr.

So long as I do not firmly and irrevocably possess the right to vote I do not possess myself. I cannot make up my mind - it is made up for me. I cannot live as a democratic citizen, observing the laws I have helped to enact - I can only submit to the edict of others. — Martin Luther King Jr.

We must have our freedom now. We must have the right to vote. We must have equal protection of the law. — Martin Luther King Jr.