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November 2012

/ Politics

[PHOTOS] Get Up, Get Out, Get Votin’

Celebs drop political pearls of wisdom on the importance of rocking the vote

[PHOTOS] Get Up, Get Out, Get Votin’

Fannie Lou Hamer: “Stand up and be counted.”

Harry Belafonte: “Each and every one of you has the power, the will and the capacity to make a difference in the world in which you live in.”

Diddy “Vote or die.”

Russell Simmons: “I feel as a citizen it is my responsibility; I got a big voice, I wanna use it. I feel like we have to go to work every day to make sure that the president gets back in office.”

Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson: “This is not a quick fix. It’s not like you can take a wand—bing!—and just make magic overnight. [President Obama] needs eight years to finish the mission, and we need to have his back.”

Jesse Jackson: “If you don’t work and don’t vote, you lose the right to complain… Our votes do matter.”

Malcolm X: “A ballot is like a bullet. You don’t throw your ballots until you see a target, and if that target is not within your reach, keep your ballot in your pocket… It’s the ballot or the bullet.”

Kerry Washington: “This election will decide the fate of the rights our mothers and grandmothers fought for, rights we’ve fought for—not just our right to choose, but our ability to get an affordable education, equal pay for equal work, access to quality health care and a lot more&

Fannie Lou Hamer: “Stand up and be counted.”

Harry Belafonte: “Each and every one of you has the power, the will and the capacity to make a difference in the world in which you live in.”

Diddy “Vote or die.”

Russell Simmons: “I feel as a citizen it is my responsibility; I got a big voice, I wanna use it. I feel like we have to go to work every day to make sure that the president gets back in office.”

Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson: “This is not a quick fix. It’s not like you can take a wand—bing!—and just make magic overnight. [President Obama] needs eight years to finish the mission, and we need to have his back.”

Jesse Jackson: “If you don’t work and don’t vote, you lose the right to complain… Our votes do matter.”

Malcolm X: “A ballot is like a bullet. You don’t throw your ballots until you see a target, and if that target is not within your reach, keep your ballot in your pocket… It’s the ballot or the bullet.”

Kerry Washington: “This election will decide the fate of the rights our mothers and grandmothers fought for, rights we’ve fought for—not just our right to choose, but our ability to get an affordable education, equal pay for equal work, access to quality health care and a lot more&

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