I am the fellow citizen of every being that thinks; my…

I use the phrase "fellow citizen" all the time when referring to the - people always say, "The American people, the American people." I…

— Tavis Smiley

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours. I am the fellow citizen of…

— Alphonse de Lamartine

My definition of patriotism is to defend your country with the truth, no matter the consequences.

— John F. Kerry

The citizen who thinks he sees that the commonwealth's political clothes are worn out, and yet holds his peace and does not agitate for…

— Mark Twain

We care little about what the average citizen thinks.

— Tom Metzger

“In one of our government departments... but perhaps I had better not say exactly which one. For no one's more touchy than people in…

— Nikolai Gogol

“It is a tragedy, at rate at which EBOLA VIRUS is spreading in West Africa. It is a fatal disease in the history of…

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Bernard Shaw remains the only model we have of what the citizen of a democracy should be: an informed participant in all things we…

— Jacques Barzun

“I am a citizen of this country,” I declare, “and Mr. Mayor, tonight I will be a citizen of this city when I put…

— Jerry Ash

To be a good citizen, it's important to be able to put yourself in other people's shoes and see the big picture. If everything…

— Eli Pariser

Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving to the citizen as much freedom of action and of being as comports with order…

— James F. Cooper

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

— Amit Kalantri

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

— Lawrence Bender

I will be a model prisoner, as I have been a model citizen

— Edwin Edwards

Politics is not an issue whether you like or dislike , but every citizen must involve.

— Khem Veasna