Globalisation has in effect made the citizen disappear, and it has reduced the state into being a mere instrument of global capital. — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
Only a government that does not trust its citizens would refuse them the right to bear arms. — Curt Weldon Copy Share Image
The relationship between citizens and government is increasingly mediated through the Internet. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
We now know that unity, the cornerstone of Canada's greatness and prosperity, is above all a matter of emotion and reason for… — Kim Campbell Copy Share Image
It is the State which educates its citizens in civic virtue, gives them a consciousness of their mission and welds them into… — Benito Mussolini Copy Share Image
We've come to this dark time in which the new Gestapo of Homeland Security lurks here, where citizens are having their rights… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
If you can't educate your citizens and you can't keep them healthy, you can't begin to be a society. — Tim Pigott-Smith Copy Share Image
More and more, the choice for the world's people is between becoming world warriors or world citizens. — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
Citizens have the natural right and the common sense duty to protect themselves, their families, their communities, and their property...guns are the… — Edgar A Suter Copy Share Image
I confess that when I first read that smog is particularly hazardous to children, senior citizens, and physically active people, for a… — Paula Poundstone Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
In just three years, Iraq has achieved immense progress. It has had three successful elections in which 80% of their citizens voted,… — John Linder Copy Share Image
Louisiana, as ceded by France to the United States, is made a part of the United States; its white inhabitants shall be… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
While Haiti has recently celebrated more than 200 years of independence from French colonial rule, the citizens of the island remain vulnerable… — Eliot Engel Copy Share Image
It's appropriate to celebrate public service, and the thoughtful people who choose to serve. They symbolize what is good and decent about… — Bob Ehrlich Copy Share Image
More and more I think of privatisation as being not just about the takeover of resources and power by corporate interests, but… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
Government is best which is closest to the people. Yet that belief is betrayed by those State and local officials who engage… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
Any political movement directed against any body of our fellow-citizens because of their religious creed is a grave offense against American principles… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I support the boycott because I do not think at this stage there is any other way to make our authorities see… — Yekaterina Samutsevich Copy Share Image
For those who fancy that government's projects are uniquely important, or for those who imagine that holding government office makes someone unusually… — Donald J. Boudreaux Copy Share Image
It is subversive to set up inquisitions like this, state or national, into the thoughts and consciences of Americans. . . .… — Florence Luscomb Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Currently, we allow our political and business leaders to get away with murder. Now is the time to change that. We need… — Kumi Naidoo Copy Share Image
If there is one fact we really can prove, from the history that we really do know, it is that despotism can… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Our Hispanic community needs to understand how important the Social Security system is for not only its retired citizens, but also its… — Grace Napolitano Copy Share Image
Any sportswriter who thinks the world is no bigger than the outfield fence in not only a bad citizen, but also a… — Red Smith Copy Share Image
It is the Soviet Union that runs against the tide of human history by denying human freedom and human dignity to its… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We need to make sure that the citizens are given security and the ability to have an uninterrupted daily routine. — Yoav Gallant Copy Share Image
Our message to the world will be this. You cannot obtain legal status or become a citizen of the United States by… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Public opinion, though slow as lava, in the end forces governments towards more sanity, more justice. My heroes and heroines are all… — Martha Gellhorn Copy Share Image
The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
If there is no threat to the lives of the citizens, our tactic will be to not intervene or impede members of… — Vano Merabishvili Copy Share Image
Where does it say that we must allow anyone who wants to come to America to come in and become a citizen.… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
We are on the cusp of this time where I can say, "I speak as a citizen of the world" without others… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
The citizen does not so much vote for a candidate as make a psychological purchase of him. — Joe McGinniss Copy Share Image
The press is supposed to equip people to act as citizens and not just consumers of programming that happens to be news. — David Folkenflik Copy Share Image
“Profit should never come at the cost of human blood. Any government that places profit before people is pure evil.” — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
The only Jews who interest us are our fellow citizens... Basically and profoundly, we are with the West. — Habib Bourguiba Copy Share Image
There clearly are cases where evil people exist, but you don't have to violate the privacy of every single citizen of America… — Eric Schmidt Copy Share Image
Every once in a while, you live long enough to get the respect that people didn't want to give while you were… — Gil Scott-Heron Copy Share Image
