Franchise Rule

Famous quotes containing the words franchise and/or rule:

    “...feminism differs from reform of any kind, even franchise reform. Feminists, I should say, are not reformers at all, but rather intellectual biologists and psychologists.”
    —Rheta Childe Dorr (1866–1948)

    “You will find that reason, which always ought to direct mankind, seldom does; but that passions and weaknesses commonly usurp its seat, and rule in its stead.”
    —Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)