What we have here, fellow citizens, is a crassly egocentric, raving twit. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
For what is meant by saying that a government ought to educate the people? Why should they be educated? What is the… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
So long as I do not firmly and irrevocably possess the right to vote I do not possess myself. I cannot make… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
My dad had a commercial film company, so he had a videotape player before anyone. So he got Mel Brooks movies or… — John Cusack Copy Share Image
We'll try to cooperate fully with the IRS, because, as citizens, we feel a strong patriotic duty not to go to jail. — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
As Muslims, we are all equals, we abide by the laws and we understand that we have to be active citizens wherever… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
I say it is impossible that so sensible a people [citizens of Paris], under such circumstances, should have lived so long by… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Exclusion of just one class of citizens from receiving a marriage license based upon the perceived 'threat' they pose to the marital… — Terence C. Kern Copy Share Image
The NSA is forbidden to 'target' American citizens, green-card holders or companies for surveillance without an individual warrant from a judge. — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
I have never on the field of battle sent you where I was unwilling to go myself, nor would I now advise… — Nathan Bedford Forrest Copy Share Image
What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens - whether people are of a different ethnicity or… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
I emphasize the reply that the liberty which a citizen enjoys is to be measured, not by the nature of the governmental… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
I certainly think its very important that writers as citizens - not necessarily as writers, but just as ordinary citizens - should… — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
It may sound funny, but I love the South. I don't choose to live anywhere else. There's land here, where a man… — Medgar Evers Copy Share Image
I think what it's going to do is put an even greater highlight on the fact that Hillary Clinton has a 100-day… — Chris Christie Copy Share Image
The only legitimate purpose of government is to serve citizens, and ... the only legitimate purpose of technology is to improve our… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
In the referendum - which was still decided to take place by the Crimea's old parliament - the majority of citizens voted… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
[T]he strike is inherently dangerous to the rich, and to the corporations who have brought this country to her knees, because it… — Keith Olbermann Copy Share Image
A free economy and strong communities honor the dignity of every person, rewarding effort with justice, promoting upward mobility, and building solidarity… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
Aside from sending someone to war or to prison, government s ability to make people involuntarily give over their money is its… — William Greider Copy Share Image
I think that the influence of people with power and money to distort democracy and have their interests served before the rest… — Shepard Fairey Copy Share Image
A government by secrecy benefits no one. It injures the people it seeks to serve; it damages its own integrity and operation.… — Russell B. Long Copy Share Image
In I'm Not A Racist, But..., Lawrence Blum offers answers for our time about what race is, who is a racist, and… — Martha Minow Copy Share Image