Plato--who may have understood better what forms the mind of man than do some of our contemporaries who want their children exposed… — Bruno Bettelheim Copy Share Image
The right way to deal with healthcare reform is not to have a one-size-fits-all plan that's imposed on all the states, but… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
The punishment of death is the war of a nation against a citizen whose destruction it judges to be necessary or useful. — Cesare Beccaria Copy Share Image
Most Americans aren't the sort of citizens the Founding Fathers expected; they are contented serfs. Far from being active critics of government,… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
The bill neither confers nor abridges the rights of anyone but simply declares that in civil rights there shall be equality among… — Lyman Trumbull Copy Share Image
We will go to every part of Tamil Nadu and tell the people that Hindi is coming and that it is like… — C. N. Annadurai Copy Share Image
This wholesale invasion of Americans’ and foreign citizens’ privacy does not contribute to our security; it puts in danger the very liberties… — Daniel Ellsberg Copy Share Image
Distinctions between citizens solely because of their ancestry are by their very nature odious to a free people whose institutions are founded… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
America is a melting pot, and education has been a mainspring for our democracy and freedom, a means of providing gifts of… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I personally think 'Chimes of Midnight' is a much better film than 'Citizen Kane.' — Christian McKay Copy Share Image
I think there is a big disjuncture between what we are served up as consumers and what we are served up as… — Jennifer Pahlka Copy Share Image
Radio - and perhaps airplanes, and then of course, the atom bomb - was the preeminent technology of the first half of… — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
In the various states of society, armies are recruited from very different motives. Barbarians are urged by the love of war; the… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
The future success of our Nation depends on our children's ability to understand the difference between right and wrong and to have… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
A developed country is one that allows all its citizens to enjoy a free and healthy life in a safe environment — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Government is not a substitute for people, but simply the instrument through which they act. And if the individual fails to do… — Bernard Baruch Copy Share Image
The proscribing any citizen as unworthy the public confidence by laying upon him an incapacity of being called to offices of trust… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The only way change happens is when people become more significantly involved in the political process. We have to increase voter turnout… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
I was fortunate enough to be an American citizen by birth and I have the birth certificate to prove it. — Raul Labrador Copy Share Image
Let the workers organize. Let the toilers assemble. Let their crystallized voice proclaim their injustices and demand their privileges. Let all thoughtful… — John L. Lewis Copy Share Image
But the wise know that foolish legislation is a rope of sand, which perishes in the twisting; that the State must follow,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Good, law-abiding, value-oriented citizens are the ultimate in hypocrisy; "majority rules" and the law are exactly the same as being the biggest… — William J. Murray Copy Share Image
But we need to show that the EU can modernise itself, can adapt to the needs of its citizens, can take their… — John Hutton Copy Share Image
