The things that make you a functional citizen in society - manners, discretion, cordiality - don't necessarily make you a good writer.… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
Looking out over the port of Dover, with the endless steam of boats coming in and out, every British citizen is reminded… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
A reform in the system of criminal jurisprudence, by which the death penalty shall no longer be inflicted . . . and… — Victoria Woodhull Copy Share Image
It is also painful to see that the struggle against hunger and malnutrition is hindered by market priorities, the primacy of profit,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
It is not healthy when a nation lives within a nation, as colored Americans are living inside America. A nation cannot live… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
A major cause of the Roman Empire's decline, after six centuries of world dominance was its replacement of stone aqueducts by lead… — Harris L Coulter Copy Share Image
Finding the Russian scientists may be a problem being that Russia does not have a Social Security System, as here in America,… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books, not to be indiscriminately enforced against anyone who happens to be caught violating… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Of course, it is possible for any citizen with time to spare, and a canny eye, to work out what is actually… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Long before the technology revolution there was declassification of documents and I've spent quite a lot of time studying declassified internal documents… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“The book is almost always better than the movie. You could have no better case in point than FROM HELL, Alan Moore's… — Warren Ellis Copy Share Image
The citizens of a city are not guilty of the crimes committed in their city; but they are guilty as participants in… — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
The EU will face problems similar to the US: an increasing gap between the citizens and decision makers in Brussels and a… — David Korten Copy Share Image
Laws abridging the natural right of the citizen should be restrained by rigorous constructions within their narrowest limits. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I hate to do what everybody else is doing. Why, only last week, on Fifth Avenue and some cross streets, I noticed… — Carolyn Wells Copy Share Image
During my visit to the Philippines, I wanted in a particular way to meet with young people, to listen to you and… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The government was set to protect man from criminals-and the constitution was written to protect man from the government. The Bill of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Who is the Forgotten Man? He is the clean, quiet, virtuous, domestic citizen, who pays his debts and his taxes and is… — William Graham Sumner Copy Share Image
Luckily for his audiences, Bennett doesn't tire of singing I Left My Heart. ... that song made me a world citizen. And… — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
We reaffirm that on days like this, there are no Republicans or Democrats. We are Americans, united in concern for our fellow… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
... Sometimes, we try to stifle that fact or hide it, ... But the profound, and ultimately most important, reality is that… — Joe Lieberman Copy Share Image
I'm obviously an American citizen. My parents are American citizens. But I'm not looked at as an American. — Ana Castillo Copy Share Image
How long will it take the citizens of the United States, one wonders, to recognize that the house their country bombed in… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
And to me, that's why the civil rights era is about the future, not about the past, because it's great lessons of… — Taylor Branch Copy Share Image
I think president after president has always stood behind Israel. We always will. They're our ally there. And we have to do… — Dutch Ruppersberger Copy Share Image
