“The COVID-19 pandemic was an excellent example of what the government does best: Blatantly lying to their citizens.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
The most important office, and the one which all of us can and should fill, is that of private citizen. — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
If we would have our citizens contented and law-abiding, we must not sow the seeds of discontent in childhood by denying children… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I don't advocate civil disobedience. I do advocate the role of an informed citizen to try to overturn when a court makes… — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
The welfare state inhibits the maturation of its young citizens into responsible adults — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
Cities may now bulldoze private citizens' homes, farms and small businesses to make way for shopping malls or other developments. — Bob Goodlatte Copy Share Image
Citizens can have their own grounding in their comprehensive doctrines, whatever they happen to be. — John Rawls Copy Share Image
I stand by my work on behalf of the citizens of Spokane to further justice and promote civilian oversight of law enforcement. — Rachel Dolezal Copy Share Image
When the Constitution gave us the right to bear arms, it also made us responsible for using them properly. It's not fair… — Jesse Ventura Copy Share Image
Under a democratical government the citizens exercise the powers of sovereignty; and those powers will be first abused, and afterwards lost, if… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
If I had the choice now, I'd make New Jersey a state where you can have a shall issue on conceal and… — Chris Christie Copy Share Image
Our elected officials would do well to remember that the most prosperous countries are those that allow consumers - not governments -… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
The law-abiding citizen by his labor serves both himself and his fellow man and thereby integrates himself peacefully into the social order.… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
We are in a world where people are understanding that athletes and entertainers are citizens too. Some of us want to leverage… — Maya Moore Copy Share Image
Though the academic authorities are actually proud of conducting everything by means of Examinations, they seldom indulge in what religious people used… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Knowing how to fight made men more bold, because no one fears doing what it seems to him he has learned to… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
I am of opinion that national greatness is more for the advantage of private citizens, than any individual well-being coupled with public… — Pericles 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
In a Society becoming steadily more privatized with private homes, cars, computers, offices and shopping centers, the public component of our lives… — Jan Gehl Copy Share Image
Health education emphasizing risks is a form of pedagogy, which, like other forms, serves to legitimize ideologies and social practices. Risk discourse… — Deborah Lupton Copy Share Image
To suppose arms in the hands of citizens, to be used at individual discretion, except in private self-defense, or by partial orders… — John Adams Copy Share Image
[Persons] who are recognized as citizens in any one state of the Union [have] the right to enter every other state, whenever… — Jack Kevorkian Copy Share Image
Human beings need community. If there are no communities available for constructive ends, there will be destructive, murderous communities... Only the social… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
For over two centuries, Americans have grown up in a society that rewards hard work, protects innovation, and allows its citizens to… — Renee Ellmers Copy Share Image
I was brought up in a very ordinary family, in fact, a worker's family. Both my father and mother were ordinary citizens. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The equality of rights of all citizens is the basic tenet of modern democratic societies. — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
Politicians would only move beyond gestures once there was a critical mass of informed citizens. — Paul Collier Copy Share Image
To preserve the life of citizens, is the greatest virtue in the father of his country. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Thank you for the opportunity for the Democratic Party and progressives to reclaim the votes of the sane citizens of these United… — Jennifer Granholm Copy Share Image
We talk about politicians being in public life, but they seldom appear in the public space where everyone is free to appear… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
The citizens of America and the citizens of Texas expect to be able to live in safety in their communities. That's what… — Rick Perry Copy Share Image
The vision of personalised public services - meeting the individual needs of all our citizens - requires continuing reform in the way… — Gordon Brown Copy Share Image
The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens. — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Vichy proves one thing: if you don't want to know how low your fellow citizens can fall, and crawl, don't lose a… — Frederic Raphael Copy Share Image
If there is any honor in all the world that I should like, it would be to be an honorary Jewish citizen. — A. L. Rowse Copy Share Image
I think novelists perform many useful tasks for their fellow citizens, but one of the most valuable is this: to enable us… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
“I believe citizens are beginning to realize that their birthright, a healthy ecosystem, has been stolen, and they want it back.” — Charles Clover Copy Share Image
“The policy of the American government is to leave its citizens free, neither restraining them nor aiding them in their pursuits.” — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
As citizens, we all have an obligation to intervene and become involved - it's the citizen who changes things. — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
Being persons, then, women are citizens; and no state has a right to make any new law, or to enforce any old… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image