We should encourage governments to be sustained by citizens' taxes - that is, democracies. Democracies will be enduring allies of America. — Iqbal Quadir Copy Share Image
The biggest corporation, like the humblest private citizen, must be held to strict compliance with the will of the people as expressed… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
If enough citizens believe their national security’s in jeopardy then politicians who propose wars will receive the support they need. — James Morcan Copy Share Image
The goal of a just society should be to provide satisfying work with a living wage to all its citizens. — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
The ideal state is that in which an injury done to the least of its citizens is an injury done to all. — Solon Copy Share Image
I always preach that you have to be active as a citizen no matter what, and some people just voting as an… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
“.Ensuring that young people get the right information that will enable them make the right choices is a responsibility all citizens must… — Oche Otorkpa Copy Share Image
Each citizen should play his part in the community according to his individual gifts. — Plato Copy Share Image
Sweden rejected fluoridation in the 1970s, and in this excellent book these three scientists have confirmed the wisdom of that decision. Our… — Arvid Carlsson Copy Share Image
Suffice it to say, during the whole long day I came not to the conclusion, even once, that the southern slave, fed,… — Solomon Northup Copy Share Image
I have seen the commitment of our state employees when it comes to doing the people's work. Every effort they make imparts… — John Bel Edwards Copy Share Image
When a man is just and firm in his purpose, The citizens burning to approve a wrong Or the frowning looks of… — Horace Copy Share Image
New possibilities for a more active democracy are beginning to emerge in the information age. Effective citizen action is possible if citizens… — Harry Boyte Copy Share Image
Health care got done because there were a lot of people out there who aren't professional politicians, but are citizens, who pushed… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The only legitimate purpose of government is to serve citizens, and ... the only legitimate purpose of technology is to improve our… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
I understand the frustration of the community, i want citizens to know exactly how it happened, and if necessary, I will ensure… — Stephanie Rawlings-Blake Copy Share Image
Human beings are hardwired by however many millions or billions of years to orient toward their own survival. That's why we're tribal… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of citizens… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
There will always be people who say, we should just tear things down, they simply don't work and we should just fold… — Justin Trudeau Copy Share Image
Killing a bunch of people in Sudan and Yemen and Pakistan, it's like, "Who cares - we don't know them." But the… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
“It is always a joy to meet an American, Mr. Moulton, for I am one of those who believes that the folly… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
To large numbers of American citizens life in certain parts of the country becomes intolerably hazardous. They may be seized on any… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
What's important to remember politically about this, is if you’re a state and you don’t set up an Exchange, that means your… — Jonathan Gruber Copy Share Image
This program could destroy private initiative for our aged to protect themselves with insurance against the cost of illness…Presently, over 60 percent… — Milward L. Simpson Copy Share Image
Actually, there is only one first question of government, and it is How should we live? or What kind of people do… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Congress shall never disarm any citizen unless such as are or have been in actual rebellion. — James Madison Copy Share Image
The enemy combatants in LA are not the citizens and suspects, it's the police officers. — Christopher Dorner Copy Share Image
If we are to perpetuate the state, we must not only produce citizens, but good citizens - men and women of sound… — Arthur Capper Copy Share Image
What, other than injustice, could be the reason that the displaced citizens of New Orleans cannot be accommodated by the richest nation… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
I love my country. And I would have to renounce my Spanish citizenship to become a U.S. Citizen. — Antonio Banderas Copy Share Image
Doubts raced through my mind as I considered the feasibility of enforcing a law which the majority of honest citizens didn't seem… — Eliot Ness 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
Socrates, indeed, when he was asked of what country he called himself, said, "Of the world"; for he considered himself an inhabitant… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
There's no issue whatsoever. Ted Cruz has dual citizenship, because his mom is a U.S. citizen, so he gets naturalized citizen as… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
In a polity, each citizen is to possess his own arms, which are not supplied or owned by the state. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
I'm a relatively respectable citizen. Multiple felon perhaps, but certainly not dangerous. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
We must remember that politics is more than a power game. The core of politics in my view is to serve our… — Kjell Magne Bondevik Copy Share Image
I had only been a citizen for two weeks when I received a summons to appear for jury duty! — Alex Trebek Copy Share Image
A citizen who casts his ballot without having to the best of his abilities studied as much economics as he can fails… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Most criminals are not born; they are made… What the State really punishes in a criminal is often its own neglect, its… — William Randolph Hearst Copy Share Image
