We are friendly to our country, and when we speak of the flag of our Union, we love it, and we love… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
But if we are to retain freedom, then we can only do so by keeping the determining mass of the citizens the… — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
In many European countries we have populist indirect democratic systems. The people elect, in a proportionate manner, a parliament. The parliament with… — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
You might say that, if citizens are acting for the right reasons in a constitutional regime, then regardless of their comprehensive doctrines… — John Rawls Copy Share Image
In America there must be only citizens, not divided by grade, first and second, but citizens, east, west, north, and south. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Republics demanded virtue. Monarchies could rely on coercion and "dazzling splendor" to suppress self-interest or factions; republics relied on the goodness of… — James Monroe Copy Share Image
The good news, though, is that I find in my political travels that people, as regular citizens, are more interested than ever… — Jim Hightower Copy Share Image
One of the many things I do not understand about Americans is this: what is it like to be a citizen of… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
All of the evidence highlights the implicit bargain that is offered to citizens: pose no challenge and you have nothing to worry… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
The community of man should be treated in the same way you would treat your community of brothers or fellow citizens. — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
Im always happy to have the President visit North Carolina. Unfortunately, the citizens of North Carolina who could be most adversely affected… — Mel Watt Copy Share Image
You see it even in our educational systems, where the market model becomes central. It's a matter of just gaining a skill… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
The state and its elites must be subject, in theory and in practice, to the same laws that its poorest citizens are. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
You can't stop being a citizen just because you have a Screen Actors' Guild card. — Paul Newman Copy Share Image
For citizens to become fully engaged in holding their leadership to account, accurate information is required to see where action is needed,… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
From Obama's book, "The Audacity of Hope:" "I am not willing to have the state deny American citizens a civil union that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
By contrast, China is a repressive regime that denies its citizens the essential freedoms of religion, political dissent and representative self-government. — Todd Akin Copy Share Image
The very controversial National Identification Act of 1991, requiring all United States citizens to carry identification, has greatly enhanced the ability of… — Richard Lamm Copy Share Image
A share in the sovereignty of the state, which is exercised by the citizens at large, in voting at elections is one… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
History, if thoroughly comprehended, furnishes something of the experience which a man would acquire who should be a contemporary of all ages… — Philibert Joseph Roux Copy Share Image
I trust the political system to be what it is. It's a structure to keep the country running, a boat to get… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
A share in the sovereignty of the state, which is exercised by the citizens at large, in voting at elections is one… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
I was the first American citizen to be elected to Congress in spite of the double drawbacks of being female and having… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
