Franklin's_Jackass
Franklin's Jackass is a reference to a witticism allegedly made by Benjamin Franklin, in which he derided property qualifications on the right to vote by asking whether the right to vote belongs to the man or to the jackass that he owns.[1][2][3] According to Alexander Keyssar, it was a widely known reference in the American Revolutionary Era and was mentioned at several state constitutional conventions in the years after the American Revolution.[4]