To be a born American citizen seems a guarantee against pauperism; and this, perhaps, springs from the virtue of a vote. — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Bosses are no more inevitable in state and local governments than dictators are in national governments. They will arise and prosper, nevertheless,… — Charles Edison Copy Share Image
Oh, he was probably a member of the National Rifle Association. It was a group that helped criminals get guns so they… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I could not become an American citizen. I would not like to become a citizen of a country that has capital punishment. — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
The alms given to a naked man in the street do not fulfil the obligations of the state, which owes to every… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
Full democracy requires the full participation of women. Your voices are vital. The word 'vital' means necessary for life. A democracy, to… — Swanee Hunt Copy Share Image
Voting the names of the dead, and the nonexistent, and the too-mentally-impaired to function, cancels out the votes of citizens who are… — Artur Davis Copy Share Image
The only way that a government can provide for jobs for all citizens is by deciding what every man should do. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
If governments did not mislead their citizens so often, there would be less need for secrecy, and if leaders knew they could… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
It has to have a payroll tax that's dedicated to Social Security. The Social Security tax has been very successful over the… — James Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Our Constitution requires that the accused be presumed innocent before trial, thus granting all citizens the right to a bail hearing, where… — Kevin Mitnick Copy Share Image
The only Jews who interest us are our fellow citizens... Basically and profoundly, we are with the West. — Habib Bourguiba Copy Share Image
Our country is the world, our countrymen are all mankind. We love the land of our nativity, only as we love all… — William Lloyd Garrison Copy Share Image
I am for police function that protects citizens of this great Nation, not a police function that is used to terrorize them. — Dennis Kucinich Copy Share Image
It is unclear how disarming law-abiding citizens would better protect them from the dangers and threats posed by those who would flout… — Rick Scott Copy Share Image
To be ignorant or unconvinced of one's own needs has become the unforgivable anti-social act. The good citizen is one who imputes… — Ivan Illich Copy Share Image
The contention that a standing army and navy is the best security of peace is about as logical as the claim that… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
When you enlisted into the armed forces you swore to support and defend a Constitution that did not yet fully apply to… — David Petraeus Copy Share Image
As citizen-activists the world over merge, they can become an irresistible force to create peace and protect the planet. From here will… — Dennis Kucinich Copy Share Image
If we don't bear witness as citizens, as people, as individuals, the right that we have had to life is sacrificed. There… — Jane Rule Copy Share Image
Industrial societies turn their citizens into image-junkies; it is the most irresistible form of mental pollution. Poignant longings for beauty, for an… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
I think ultimately that the rules that you make for gun control, people who are intent on killing themselves aren't too concerned… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
My ideal citizen is the self-employed, homeschooling, IRA-owning guy with a concealed-carry permit. Because that person doesn't need the goddamn government for… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
There is probably no more obnoxious class of citizen, taken end for end, than the returning vacationist. — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
Still, a prince should make himself feared in such a way that if he does not gain love, he at any rate… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
