The effect of a representative democracy is to refine and enlarge the public views, by passing them through the medium of a… — James Madison Copy Share Image
When the penalty for a policeman's mistake is to put a criminal back out on the street, then we are hurting America;… — Gary Bauer Copy Share Image
To require a citizen to sign a loyalty oath is to destroy some of the loyalty he could otherwise claim, since any… — B. F. Skinner Copy Share Image
There are lots of people depending on the government who are good, honest citizens who have worked all their lives. — Os Guinness Copy Share Image
To you, the people of Flint, I say, as I have before, I am sorry and I will fix it. No citizen… — Rick Snyder Copy Share Image
“Socrates: Have you noticed on our journey how often the citizens of this new land remind each other it is a free… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Political liberty in a citizen is that tranquillity of spirit which comes from the opinion each one has of his security, and… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
Congress decides who becomes a citizen and how. To automatically say the 14th Amendment grants birthright citizenship, no, we can't change that.… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
If America is truly Israel's greatest ally, we should not be asking it to put its citizens and future at risk by… — Adam Hasner Copy Share Image
And whereas this House desires to obtain a full knowledge of all the facts which go to establish whether the particular spot… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
A nation as such does not give aid to another nation. More precisely, the common citizens of our country, through their taxes,… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
If economic progress is not translated into better quality of life and respect for citizens' rights, we will witness more Tahrir Squares… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
The true foundation of republican government is the equal right of every citizen in his person and property and in their management. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I believe in an America where the rights that I have described are enjoyed by all, regardless of their race or their… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Based on the considerations of history, ancient history, and international axioms, the logic of following up a citizen with his shadow for… — Saddam Hussein Copy Share Image
Our society is only as healthy as our most vulnerable citizens. It is unconscionable that the weakest links in our country are… — Linda Gray Copy Share Image
May the state fence in the harmless mentally ill solely to save its citizens from exposure to those whose ways are different?… — Potter Stewart Copy Share Image
The law for religious freedom... [has]put down the aristocracy of the clergy and restored to the citizen the freedom of the mind. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
To be a good citizen, it's important to be able to put yourself in other people's shoes and see the big picture.… — Eli Pariser Copy Share Image
Medicare and Social Security have created the healthiest and most financially secure generation of senior citizens in American history. — Jim Walsh Copy Share Image
While society cannot provide employment for its members, the production/work/income nexus has to be abandoned as a justification for our present parsimony… — Bob Hawke Copy Share Image
One of the great strengths of the United States is... we have a very large Christian population - we do not consider… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Having spent 37 years of my life in the military as a reservist, and never having met a gay in all of… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
Have you ever watched someone become American? Last week, at a national citizenship conference I organize, thirty immigrants from 17 countries swore… — Eric Liu Copy Share Image
I became a physician in order to help save lives. I am at once a physician, a citizen, and a woman, and… — Mildred Fay Jefferson Copy Share Image
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