Fifteenth Amendment

The Fifteenth Amendment may refer to the:

  • Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guaranteed the right to vote regardless of race
  • Fifteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, which allowed divorce to be legalised
  • Fifteenth Amendment of the Constitution of South Africa

Famous quotes related to fifteenth amendment:

    “I too mean to be out of politics. The ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment gives me the boon of equality before the law, terminates my enlistment, and discharges me cured.”
    —Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)

    “It could be clearly proved that by a practical nullification [by the South] of the Fifteenth Amendment the Republicans have for several years been deprived of a majority in both the House and Senate. The failure of the South to faithfully observe the Fifteenth Amendment is the cause of the failure of all efforts towards complete pacification. It is on this hook that the bloody shirt now hangs.”
    —Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)