Citizen Quotes · Page 8

Political action is the highest responsibility of a citizen.

— John F. Kennedy

No sense in being a grifter if it's the same as being a citizen.

— Paul Newman

I'm still a proud Irishman, of course, but I've become an American citizen. I'm very, very proud of that.

— Liam Neeson

[...] [E]very citizen has to avoid any activities and speeches that harm the image of the country and interests of the people.

— Thein Sein

I was born in Belgium. I went to school in England and in Switzerland, then I came to America, so I really…

— Diane von Furstenberg

I've always had this core belief in public service. Even before I became a citizen, I volunteered in the Army.

— Gregorio Sablan

If you are going to vote in this country, you should be a citizen. To be a citizen in this country, you…

— Tom Tancredo

“Integrity, in my view, starts with the individual human being and grows in a compounded manner from there. The citizen must be…

— Robert David Steele

You may be sure that in this new international system, the American citizen will count for precious little.

— Pat Buchanan

Really important issues are getting lost, so I can say I'm glad to be a citizen of the planet and do my…

— Bonnie Raitt

The attack on ObamaCare was that Congress does not have the power under the Commerce Clause to force a private citizen into…

— John Podhoretz

You may consider me presumptuous, gentlemen, but I claim to be a citizen of the United States, with all the qualifications of…

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

John Conyers' office has been very responsive to citizen concerns and the Internet has presented a way to communicate with them in…

— John Byrne

Whether we start with a provisional status and legal permanent residence... or we set up some other way to assimilate legally, you…

— Jeff Denham

A national security letter cannot be used to authorize eavesdropping or to read the contents of e-mail. But it does permit investigators…

— Barton Gellman

Against the odd's, I have persevered, I am the living attestation of the American dream. I am the extolment of this great…

— Don King

It's hard for me to imagine a philosopher disconnected from the world, indifferent to the cares of his country, unmoved by poverty,…

— Michel Onfray

We don't see the global citizen as someone with no identity, but rather someone who has confidence and is proud of his…

— Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned

“In time of war, it is not enough to say, ‘I am a citizen and I have rights.’ One must also say,…

— Kermit Roosevelt III

'Citizen Ruth' I saw when I was in college, and I really flipped out over it. I just knew I wanted to…

— Judy Greer

Obama's IRS is not the IRS I've ever known for over seventy years as an American citizen.

— Michael Moriarty

Our growing, robust economy is able to provide the average American citizen access to the best social program there is - a…

— J. D. Hayworth

“To imagine Canada as a citizen requires that you enter into he mind of someone who does not believe what you believe…

— Michael Ignatieff

My personality is that I'm a human being like everybody else, just a citizen and a blue collar guy.

— Lee Greenwood

“An anarchist government somehow creates an impression in the hearts of citizens that no one cares.”

— Amit Kalantri

I have Algerian, Turkish, Swedish, Spanish blood: I feel like a citizen of the world. Life and cinema don't have borders.

— Eva Green

“Science literacy is an important part of what it is to be an informed citizen of society.”

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

I'm a British citizen, and I'm incredibly proud to represent Great Britain. I've also represented Great Britain in the Olympics, so I'm…

— Johanna Konta

I think it's easier than ever to hear only what you want to hear. That doesn't make a good citizen.

— Eli Pariser

I am not a politician or a military strategist. I am just a citizen voicing my opinions.

— Cindy Sheehan

Everyone in the Middle East pretty much wants to come and be an American citizen, but pretty much everybody is angry with…

— Mohamed ElBaradei

I'm obviously not a politician, nor do I have the desire to be one, but I'm a conscious citizen.

— Chauncey Billups

Under our Constitution, if you're a bad citizen, you're still a citizen; that's the way we roll.

— Steve Bannon

It's not just lip service when I say I'm going to fight for the people. I've done that as a citizen already.

— Lauren Boebert

I spend more time in New York than the Dominican. I play here, I live here, so why not become a citizen?

— Robinson Cano

I love this country. I love being a citizen. I believe we are the greatest country in the world.

— Elana Meyers

The average ordinary citizen can do a lot of different things when it comes to the climate crisis.

— Lawrence Bender

I am not a priest, I am not an imam, I am not a rabbi and I am implementing the French laws…

— Jacques Myard

A citizen is a political and moral agent who in fact has a shared sense of hope and responsibility to others and…

— Henry Giroux

Wear the badge of environmental radicalism, and you're a citizen automatically under suspicion.

— Alexander Cockburn