Birch Bayh Quotes

A collection of quotes by Birch Bayh.

Birch Bayh (1928-2019) was an American politician and lawyer from Indiana. He served as a Democratic U.S. Senator for three terms, from 1963 to 1981. Bayh is best known for his significant contributions to constitutional amendments, including the 25th Amendment, which outlines rules for presidential succession, and the 26th Amendment, which lowered the voting age to 18. He was also a fervent advocate for equal rights, gender equality, and education reform. Bayh's political career made a lasting impact on American politics, particularly through his efforts to protect civil liberties and expand opportunities for all citizens.

People are concerned, here again, about life, and haven't given a whole lot of attention to how you make fathers responsible for the lives they bring into the world.

Birch Bayh

I had the good fortune to be able to right an injustice that I thought was being heaped on young people by lowering the voting age, where you had young people that were old enough to die in Vietnam but not old enough to vote for their members of Congress that sent them there.

Birch Bayh

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