Citizen Quotes · Page 5

Pick up a rifle and you change instantly from a subject to a citizen.

— Jeff Cooper

Political action is the highest responsibility of a citizen.

— John F. Kennedy

You can't stop being a citizen just because you have a Screen Actors' Guild card.

— Paul Newman

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

— Paul Newman

I take my job really, really seriously. I also take being a citizen very seriously.

— Stan Van Gundy

I love just working. I love the idea of being a working class citizen.

— Ben Schwartz

“I'm a world citizen with a New York set of balls.”

— Don DeLillo

My central focus is creating employment for the ordinary citizen.

— Narendra Modi

Sovereignty must not be used for inflicting harm on anyone, whether citizen or foreigner.

— Ludwig von Mises

Decisions are made by those who show up. Don't ever forget that you're a citizen of this world.

— Aaron Sorkin

Money is the only substance which can keep a cold world from nicknaming a citizen Hey, you

— Wilson Mizner

Yet the civilians have always respected the natural right of a citizen to dispose of his life . . .

— Edward Gibbon

I care about politics just like any other citizen. I'm against the war in Iraq, or any type of war.

— Enrique Iglesias

I have proudly spent several periods in government, but I'm not a career politician. I come from a family of 'citizen soldiers.'

— Jim Webb

No value is more worthy of active protection than the right to vote of every citizen.

— Jonathan Capehart

It is not the responsibility of the government or the legal system to protect a citizen from himself.

— Casey Percell

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

— James F. Cooper

The good news is, being a digital citizen comes naturally to many of us once we get the opportunity - human beings…

— Mitchell Baker

In a literal sense, even a private company, of course, cannot do everything that it wants without some discussion with government. As…

— Alexei Mordashov

If this work can contribute in any way toward proving this, and at the same time arouse the conscience of the American…

— Ida B. Wells

In New York, the theater is a destination point. In Los Angeles, no matter how provocative, how successful, how star-studded the theater…

— Jason Alexander

Any time the United States government turns over an American citizen, including military personnel, to the government of another country, it is…

— Howard Baker

I think it's a part of being a citizen in a country, to know what is going on and to have a…

— Bridgit Mendler

“As a citizen of the world, I stand only with Truth and my conscience is my only leader. This is the only…

— Suzy Kassem

I'm a Canadian citizen, but I do have a green card.

— Sami Zayn

Any citizen who's offended ... can leave the service.

— John Ashcroft

I'm just a citizen temporarily in public service.

— Ronald Reagan

The state is there to serve the citizen, not the reverse.

— Dominic Grieve

When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.

— George Washington

If you think you're a second-class citizen, you are.

— Ted Turner

In kindergarten, you can learn how to be a citizen of the world.

— Jill Lepore

As a citizen of this country, I've got to be honest to the people of South Africa.

— Jacob Zuma

I've resisted the tag 'citizen journalist' - that's not what I am.

— Tim Pool

Within the character of the citizen, lies the welfare of the nation.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

My home town called me a citizen of honour. So I'm a special citizen now.

— Per Mertesacker

I regard myself as an international man, a citizen of the earth.

— Donovan

The work of being a citizen is hard and annoying, but it can pay off.

— Zephyr Teachout

I did my duty as an American citizen and Army officer.

— Alexander Vindman

I am a Citizen of the World, and my Nationality is Goodwill.

— Socrates

It took me 17 years to become a U.S. citizen.

— Pramila Jayapal