Deforest Quotes

#1. What we say is that democracy means that you have the right to vote without intimidation and undue burdens. But if you stand in line for six hours, technically, today there is no document, no standard, no law that says that that's wrong.

DeForest Soaries

#2. My father started me singing in church.

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#3. It's an embarrassment that we don't have a broad enough consensus among political leaders that true reform should take place. I could count the members of Congress on one hand that took these issues seriously.

DeForest Soaries

#4. I have no aspiration whatsoever to be the next great leading man.

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#5. You see, I was the son of a baptist minister.

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#6. What I truly miss the most is having sufficient time to do all the things that need to be done around the house and for our friends.

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#7. When I was growing up, we used to play basketball in a park that was never shoveled when it snowed. The basketball rims were never fixed. And we understood then that there was a relationship between public policy and our quality of life.

DeForest Soaries

#8. I have considered myself a mature actor.

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#9. When Congress passed the Help America Vote Act in 2002, I was thrilled to learn that the federal government would offer resources to all states to assist them in enhancing the voting process in America.

DeForest Soaries

#10. I had fallen in love with California.

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#11. I was the Secretary of State of New Jersey in November 2000. I paid careful attention to the challenges that stemmed from inadequate voting systems in various places.

DeForest Soaries

#12. Voting is the foundational act that breathes life into the principle of the consent of the governed.

DeForest Soaries

#13. It was a perfectly average well- adjusted childhood, not a bit unlike that of millions of other individuals.

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#14. When public access to voting is impaired or when public confidence in voting is diluted, democracy suffers and our freedom is less secure.

DeForest Soaries

#15. I refuse to be crude and selfish in any way.

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#16. In those days, men proved their strength and manliness by being well mannered, helpful, and gentle. Just how gentle they could be under trying circumstances, how civilised they could be in a harsh world, that was the measure of a man.

Terry Lee Rioux

#17. I ran around with the other youngsters, hunting, fishing and raising tadpoles and all the rest.

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#18. I once aged 90 years old in one episode.

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#19. I m up at 5 in the morning and in bed by 10 in the evening.

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#20. And then we didn't read any more, because there wasn't any more to read.

Gracie DeForest

#21. And when people in power can stay in power they do very little to tinker with the apparatus that put them in power.

DeForest Soaries

#22. Star Trek has brought so much of what I want within my grasp.

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#23. We had to depend on other institutions to do research on our behalf. We had to use the information that already existed to craft the best practices to distribute throughout the country. And we had to do all of that in ten months.

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#24. I have been exposed to a great amount of temptation throughout the course of my career.

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#25. I have deep feelings for the welfare and comfort of others.

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#26. We have no basis for having a recall of any particular type of voting equipment because there are no standards. And when we do have standards, even these standards are required to be voluntary.

DeForest Soaries

#27. The Election Assistance Commission represents a major, unprecedented commitment from the federal government to sustained freedom and vibrant democracy. I am humbled by the prospect of being one its charter members.

DeForest Soaries

#28. I am still seeking to become firmly established as an actor.

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#29. I found that there is very little interest in Washington for true election reform. That neither the White House nor either house of the Congress seems to be as committed to guaranteeing democratic participation in this country as we seem to be in other countries.

DeForest Soaries

#30. Star Trek is perhaps the best thing that ever happened to me, in a career sense.

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#31. And if we were another country being analyzed by America, we would conclude that this country is ripe for stealing elections and for fraud.

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#32. My ambition is peace and perfection.

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#33. I started out as a 16 year old registering people to vote.

DeForest Soaries

#34. My sense was that most of the elected officials in Washington - in their heart of hearts - really believe that the system can't be too bad because it produced them.

DeForest Soaries

#35. Beyond that, states had to also have electronic voting machines that made it possible for people who are physically handicapped to vote in private ... and the computerized voting machine made it very easy for, particularly, the blind.

DeForest Soaries

#36. The most important influence in my childhood was my father.

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