No town can live peacefully whatever its laws when its citizens do nothing but feast and drink and tire themselves out in… — Plato Copy Share Image
Congress shall never disarm any citizen unless such as are or have been in actual rebellion. — James Madison Copy Share Image
One of the most effective tools that the Cheney-Bush junta has used to marginalize dissenting or even mildly inquisitive American citizens has… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
The first requisite of a good citizen in this Republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
My passion for others and my experience as an actor and citizen of the world has naturally shaped me into a social… — Sufe Bradshaw Copy Share Image
To blindly trust government is to automatically vest it with excessive power. To distrust government is simply to trust humanity - to… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
The members of a body-politic call it "the state" when it is passive, "the sovereign" when it is active, and a "power"… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
The FDA calls certain substances "controlled." But there are no "controlled substances," there are only controlled citizens. — Thomas Szasz Copy Share Image
The siren song of redistribution of wealth by centralized government never ceases for those who seek irreversible and unusurpable control over the… — Josh Jones Copy Share Image
Not even the most heavily-armed police state can exert brute force to all of its citizens all of the time. Meme management… — Peter Watts Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in anybody's guilt. Guilt is a luxury that we can no longer afford. I know you didn't do it,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If active or concerned citizens forfeit politics, they thereby abandon their society to its most mediocre and venal public servants — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
Since the whole city has one end, it is manifest that education should be one and the same for all, and that… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
If mind is common to us, then also the reason, whereby we are reasoning beings, is common.' If this be so, then… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Let us together serve the Nation. If each citizen takes one step forward, the country takes 125 crore steps forward. — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
Yes, my fellow citizens, despite what the original Constitution of the United States says about the qualifications for statehood and the guarantee… — Kevin Bleyer Copy Share Image
Under the constitution, there was never meant to be a federal police force. Even an FBI limited only to investigations was not… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Schooling should not be left to the whim or wealth of village elders. I believe that we should fund all schools in… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
Longevity is something I never gave a second thought to. I guess it's the shadow of growing up in post WWII, but… — Eric Burdon Copy Share Image
It used to be said in antislavery days that a people who would tacitly consent to the enslavement of 4,000,000 human beings… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
You can offer the ability to citizens to choose from one of the two parties and elect their leaders as much as… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
When you have police officers who abuse citizens, you erode public confidence in law enforcement. That makes the job of good police… — Mary Frances Berry Copy Share Image
The British Museum was founded with a civic purpose: to allow the citizen, through reasoned inquiry and comparison, to resist the certainties… — Neil MacGregor Copy Share Image
One citizen differs from another, but the salvation of the community is the common business of them all. This community is the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Feminism was recognized by the average man as a conflict in which it was impossible for a man, as a chivalrous gentleman,… — Wyndham Lewis Copy Share Image
