| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 47063 |
| QUOTATION: | Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves—and the only way they could do this is by not voting. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945), U.S. president. The Wit and Wisdom of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Government and Democracy, p. 38, eds. Peter and Helen Beilenson, Peter Pauper Press (1982). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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