Thomas Jefferson believed that to preserve the very foundations of our Nation, we would need dramatic change from time to time. Well,… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
Meiklejohn's position is that free speech in a democracy is not an absolute flowing from the boundless source of some presumed 'natural… — Max Lerner Copy Share Image
Misers are neither relations, nor friends, nor citizens, nor Christians, nor perhaps even human beings. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
America has never been united by blood or birth or soil. We are bound by ideals that move us beyond our backgrounds,… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
It is almost inconceivable that citizens of that time were willing to support so bloody a war, by putting so high a… — Michael Novak Copy Share Image
A government which can protect and defend its citizens from wrong and outrage and does not is vicious. A government which would… — Frances Harper Copy Share Image
I used to ask myself why American universities are financed through endowments. Now I know: During the early days of America, the… — Zhang Xin Copy Share Image
It (land value taxation) guarantees that no one dispossess fellow citizens by obtaining a disproportionate share of what nature provides for humanity. — William Vickrey Copy Share Image
Take off all your clothes and walk down the street waving a machete and firing an Uzi, and terrified citizens will phone… — Mike Nichols Copy Share Image
As we have seen from Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's example, even one justice can profoundly alter the meaning of those words for… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
I do not believe in taking away the right of the citizen for sporting, for hunting and so forth, or for home… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We may continue to expect the enjoyment of all the blessings of civil and religious liberty, guaranteed by the Constitution. The citizens… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
Since my retirement, I've spent a lot of time trying to help the School of Social Work at the University of North… — Charles Kuralt Copy Share Image
We can never get a re-creation of community and heal our society without giving our citizens a sense of belonging. — Patch Adams Copy Share Image
The protection of our citizens, the spirit and honor of our country, require that force should be interposed to a certain degree. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Active people to revitalize what is really the root of democracy: citizens communicating with each other. Democracy is not just about voting,… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
Ensuring that high quality water is provided to all Arizona's citizens is the responsibility of elected officials at all levels and I… — J. D. Hayworth Copy Share Image
It's not a big secret that what's lacking and what's wrong in our society starts with education. It starts with the way… — Oren Moverman Copy Share Image
The root of democracy is in mass education. This foundation becomes stronger, when the citizens of tomorrow, our children are also educated… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
Look, for example, at the obvious, immediate, practical example of illegal Mexican immigration. Now, that Mexican immigration, over the border, is a… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
My colleagues, while it is good that the Nation is finally focused on the critical issue of securing our ports, our rhetoric… — Allyson Schwartz Copy Share Image
The philosopher is not a citizen of any community of ideas, that is what makes him a philosopher. — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
The White House looked into a plan that would allow illegal immigrants to stay in the United States. The plan called for… — Dennis Miller Copy Share Image
Architects today tend to depreciate themselves, to regard themselves as no more than just ordinary citizens without the power to reform the… — Kenzo Tange Copy Share Image
I have not seen anyone assume that all the citizens of New York are guilty of murder, violence, robbery, perjury, or writing… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
