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Civil Rights Amendments4 quotes
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged... On account of race, color, or previous condition or servitude. — 1870The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged... On account of sex. — 1920Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. — 1865All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall...abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. — James Madison · 1789Voting rights2 quotes
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged... On account of race, color, or previous condition or servitude. — 1870The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged... On account of sex. — 1920Bill of Rights1 quote
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. — 1865Civil rights1 quote
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall...abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. — James Madison · 1789Fifteenth Amendment1 quote
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged... On account of race, color, or previous condition or servitude. — 1870Fourteenth Amendment1 quote
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall...abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. — James Madison · 1789Nineteenth Amendment1 quote
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged... On account of sex. — 1920Thirteenth Amendment1 quote
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. — 1865Women's rights1 quote
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged... On account of sex. — 1920