Citizens Quotes · Page 157

In the technotronic society the trend would seem to be towards the aggregation of the individual support of millions of uncoordinated citizens,…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

Private capitalists inevitably control, directly or indirectly, the main sources of information. It is thus extremely difficult, and indeed in most cases…

— Albert Einstein

The president doesn't order the military to seize political opponents. He doesn't order his intelligence community to lie about national security for…

— Kathleen Troia McFarland

The free circulation of citizens, which is sacrosanct, cannot become the free circulation of criminals.

— Franco Frattini

Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and…

— Harry S. Truman

A people [America] that does not prepare to fight should then be morally prepared to surrender. To fail to prepare soldiers and…

— T. R. Fehrenbach

Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state has become lawless or corrupt. And a citizen who barters with such a…

— Mahatma Gandhi

We must recognize that the goal of a cleaner environment will not be achieved by rhetoric or moral dedication alone. It will…

— Richard M. Nixon

Citizen's arrest," he said. "Well, that, and Patch told me to.

— Becca Fitzpatrick

The right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness means that each of us is free to go our own way,…

— Dan Savage

[Belafonte]'d take me to perform for Martin Luther King's cause. But when they were marching I did not take part, because I…

— Miriam Makeba

I believe everybody in the world should have guns. Citizens should have bazookas and rocket launchers too. I believe that all citizens…

— Scott Adams

Whether I am or am not a Communist is irrelevant. The question is whether American citizens, regardless of their political beliefs or…

— Paul Robeson

When social movements engage in legal reform, they often mobilize images of people from their constituent population who most match national norms…

— Dean Spade

One of the most meaningful things that's happened to me since I've been the governor - the president - governor - president.…

— George W. Bush

When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his…

— Frederic Bastiat

I'm a very law-abiding citizen, and I've never consciously broken any law. I get nervous just jaywalking in Los Angeles!

— Gillian Jacobs

A sound American is simply one who has put out of his mind all doubts and questionings, and who accepts instantly, and…

— H. L. Mencken

There isn't any problem with little girls. And there isn't any problem with young women or adult women. I mean, they are…

— Rush Limbaugh

Male and female citizens, being equal in the eyes of the law, must be equally admitted to all honors, positions, and public…

— Olympe de Gouges

By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.

— John Maynard Keynes

Now our job, our duty, our responsibility to ensure the safety and security of our citizens cannot be complete unless we guarantee…

— Anonymous

So long as freedom from hunger is only half achieved, so long as two thirds of the nations have food deficits, no…

— John F. Kennedy

What motivates me is the desire to bring up a whole new generation of active citizens who believe in peace and social…

— Howard Zinn

Those citizens are distracted by the toys technology has supplied, and fail to recognize the ways in which what they most deeply…

— Philip Kitcher