As more and more citizens express what they think, and defend it in writing, that will change the way people understand public… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
The Republican agenda is a radical vision in which Medicaid is slashed to the bone - in which we start to balance… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
When the citizens at large administer the state for the common interest, the government is called by the generic name - a… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
If they [Mexicans] touch the hair of the head of one of our citizens, tell him [Commodore Dallas] to batter down and… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
In the first place, the government ought not to be invested with power to control the affections, any more than the consciences… — Lydia M. Child Copy Share Image
Cleaning up the country cannot be the sole responsibility of sweepers. Do citizens have no role in this? We have to change… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
It can sound trite if you just say citizens need to be educated for democracy to work, but for him it wasn't… — Jeffrey Rosen Copy Share Image
It was a new kind of class war -- the people as citizens versus the politicians and their clients in the public… — Irving Kristol Copy Share Image
Josh: So, Toby, it’s election night. What do you say about a country that goes out of its way to protect even… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
Be wise; let prudence dictate all your counsels; preserve peace with all men, if possible; stand by the Constitution of your country;… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Good stewardship of the environment is not just a personal responsibility, it is a public value... Our duty is to use the… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Arguably the most important parallel between mass incarceration and Jim Crow is that both have served to define the meaning and significance… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
The great body of our citizens shoot less as times goes on. We should encourage rifle practice among schoolboys, and indeed among… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The system of banking have[for]ever reprobated. I contemplate it as a blot left in all our Constitutions, which, if not covered, will… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The singularity of Islam is its universality. As American citizens and as Muslims, you need to show there is something specific, namely… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
I want to see us build a country that is at ease with itself, a country that is confident and a country… — John Major Copy Share Image
I want to be fighting for a society accountable towards its citizens. — Binyavanga Wainaina Copy Share Image
Nobody wants to pay higher taxes. But do you want your kids to get a good education? You have to pay for… — Shelley Berkley Copy Share Image
I believe that people have a right to decide their own destinies; people own themselves. I also believe that, in a democracy,… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
If we could survive without a wife, citizens of Rome, all of us would do without that nuisance. — Augustus Copy Share Image
This country cannot be the country we want it to be if its story is told by only one group of citizens.… — Robert C. Maynard Copy Share Image
It is interesting to observe that in the year 1935 the average individual's incurious attitude towards the phenomenon of the State is… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
My view is different. Public relations are a key component of any operation in this day of instant communications and rightly inquisitive… — Alvin Adams Copy Share Image