It is because the people are citizens that they are with safety armed. — Joel Barlow Copy Share Image
We need happy, productive citizens on our planet for us to survive. — Kimberly Elise Copy Share Image
I want to be fighting for a society accountable towards its citizens. — Binyavanga Wainaina Copy Share Image
Without the ability to talk about government power, there's no way for citizens to make sure this power isn't being misused. — Aaron Swartz Copy Share Image
The American uppermiddle-class citizen is a composite of negatives. He is largely delineated by what he is not. — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
Citizens United said that transparency would be the disinfectant, but (c)(4)'s are warm, wet, moist incubators. There is no disinfectant. — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
If you're a state and you don't set up an exchange, that means your citizens don't get their tax credits. — Jonathan Gruber Copy Share Image
The stability of the State depends upon the readiness of every citizen to subordinate his rights to those of the rest. — Mahatma Gandhi 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
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
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
In addition, as citizens, we must fight in their incipient stages all movements by government or party or pressure groups that seek… — Wendell Willkie Copy Share Image
It is manifestly idiotic to believe that Israel, with five million Jewish citizens and one million Arab citizens, will concede to the… — Uri Avnery Copy Share Image
With false names, on the right nets, they could be anybody. Old men, middle-aged women, anybody, as long as they were careful… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Rather than fight the same tired battles that have dominated Washington for decades, it's time to try something new. Let's invest in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Unidentified flying objects are a very serious subject which we must study fully. We appeal to all viewers to send us details… — Felix Ziegel Copy Share Image
As both a local resident and a parent with a CF-afflicted child, I'm thankful for companies like Canon, Chase and Outback who… — Boomer Esiason Copy Share Image
Before God, there is neither Greek nor barbarian, neither rich nor poor, and the slave is as good as his master, for… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
The safety of a republic depends essentially on the energy of a common national sentiment; on a uniformity of principles and habits;… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
As citizen-activists the world over merge, they can become an irresistible force to create peace and protect the planet. From here will… — Dennis Kucinich Copy Share Image
Naive optimism and pervasive pessimism are both to be avoided, therefore. It's not an easy balance to maintain, to be asked to… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
We must understand what our idea of wealth is. Is it just about more buildings, more machines, more cars, more of everything?… — Jaggi Vasudev Copy Share Image
If patriotism were defined, not as blind obedience to government, not as submissive worship to flags and anthems, but rather as love… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
The New Deal never rethought the draconian racist immigration restriction policies of the 20s, of course, but its electoral base rested significantly… — David Roediger Copy Share Image
Global warming is not a threat. But environmentalism's response to it is…Even if global warming is a fact, the free citizens of… — George Reisman Copy Share Image
I thought of New York as a free city, like one of those prewar nests of intrigue and licentiousness where exiles and… — Luc Sante Copy Share Image
Exclusion of just one class of citizens from receiving a marriage license based upon the perceived 'threat' they pose to the marital… — Terence C. Kern Copy Share Image
the set pieces of your faces stir me - leading citizens - but not in the same way. — William Carlos Williams Copy Share Image
The only just government is the government that serves its citizens, not itself. — Timothy M. Dolan Copy Share Image
The violation of some laws is a normal part of the behavior of every citizen. — Stuart Chase Copy Share Image
The right of private judgment is absolute in every American citizen. — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
