Potent Quotables: Every Vote Counts

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Instructions

Since the founding of the U.S., writers and speakers have stressed individual agency and the importance of the vote, holding voting up as both a right and a responsibility. In politics and rhetoric, being able to vote defines citizenship—and exercising that right is the duty of all citizens. Match the quotations on voting rights with the appropriate speakers.