Quote by 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.
Summary
In this quote, the speaker emphasizes the importance of extending the right to vote to young people. They acknowledge the injustice of sending young individuals to war, where they risk their lives, without granting them the ability to have a say in the selection of the policymakers responsible for such decisions. By lowering the voting age, the speaker believes they have addressed this disparity and rectified an unfair situation for the betterment of young citizens.
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By Birch Bayh
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