I've made it clear that I'm not taking special interest PAC money or accepting donations from lobbyists - ever. I want to… — Stephen Pagliuca Copy Share Image
No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated. Any nation that is progressive is led by people who have had… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
My life has been amazing. How many other ladies of 76 can say that the snapshot on their senior citizen's card was… — Carmen Dell'Orefice Copy Share Image
The education that we have so far succeeded in giving to the bulk of our citizens has produced a generation of mental… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
As it stands now, those of us who are lucky enough to be citizens by birth don't have to do much. Very… — Eric Liu Copy Share Image
I would never sacrifice my individual beliefs as a citizen to my corporate responsibilities. — George W. Romney Copy Share Image
What motivates me is the desire to bring up a whole new generation of active citizens who believe in peace and social… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
What I will stand up for is what I think is right and for the best interests of the citizens of the… — Patty Judge Copy Share Image
The people with the most resources are the federal government. If you can invade a country halfway across the world in a… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
Citizens who take it upon themselves to do unusual actions which attract the attention of the police should be careful to bring… — A. P. Herbert Copy Share Image
If you've never seen people taking the pledge of allegiance for the first time as U.S. Citizens, it will move you: a… — Alexis Ohanian Copy Share Image
As a citizen, as a public scientist, I can tell you that Einstein essentially overturned a so strongly established paradigm of science,… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Republican governors are more lunatic than they used to be - as attested by all the ones so eager to turn down… — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
You might not think of something like TurboTax as a civic venture, but that product took a confusing interface to a government… — Jennifer Pahlka Copy Share Image
America has a history of political isolation and economic self-sufficiency; its citizens have tended to regard the rest of the world as… — Alison Lurie Copy Share Image
It may sound funny, but I love the South. I don't choose to live anywhere else. There's land here, where a man… — Medgar Evers Copy Share Image
Al-Awlaki was born here, he is an American citizen. He was never tried or charged for any crimes. No one knows if… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
[M]y conception of liberty does not permit an individual citizen or a group of citizens to commit acts of depredation against nature… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The adjective "political" in "political philosophy" designates not so much the subject matter as a manner of treatment; from this point of… — Leo Strauss Copy Share Image
There is no part of the administration of government that requires extensive information and a thorough knowledge of the principles of political… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Our civilization is locked in the grip of an ideology - corporatism. An ideology that denies and undermines the legitimacy of individuals… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
The United States of America is still run by its citizens. The government works for us. Rank imperialism and warmongering are not… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
By deriving it's just powers from the governed, government becomes primarily a mechanism for defense against bodily harm, theft, and involuntary servitude.… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
So we must lay it down that the association which is a state exists not for the purpose of living together but… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Let me say with a Georgia accent that we cannot solve this problem if it requires a diplomatic passport to claim the… — Dean Rusk Copy Share Image
The Constitution is colorblind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. — John Marshall Copy Share Image
For a contributing citizen to be released from the community was a final decision, a terrible punishment, an overwhelming statement of failure. — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
We have to end Citizens United, and we have to do it united as a people. If we don't do it, our… — Brad Schneider Copy Share Image
It is in the nature of imperialism that citizens of the imperial power are always among the last to know-or care-about circumstances… — Bertrand Russell 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
You want to defend citizenship? Don't persecute or isolate those without papers. Just live like a citizen. That'd be a first-class way… — Eric Liu 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
One thing is clear: The Founding Fathers never intended a nation where citizens would pay nearly half of everything they earn to… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprives itself of the contributions of half… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
Arms in the hands of citizens may be used at individual discretion... in private self-defense. — John Adams Copy Share Image
.. becoming attached to a country involves pressing, uncomfortable questions about justice and opportunity for its least powerful citizens. — Katherine Boo Copy Share Image
We citizens don't need to know every detail of every military operation in this new kind of war. Nor should the media… — David Hackworth 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
As young Americans, you have an important responsibility, which is to become good citizens. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Those gentlemen, who will be elected senators, will fix themselves in the federal town, and become citizens of that town more than… — George Mason Copy Share Image
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