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
I would not have suffered my name to have been used by my friends on anywise as President of the United States,… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
I am extremely energized to be in the Senate, because the Senate is the only emergency brake on the Trump train right… — Tim Kaine Copy Share Image
... any citizen should be willing to give all that he has to give his country in work or sacrifice in times… — Eleanor Roosevelt 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
Elimination of nuclear weapons, so naive, so simplistic, and so idealistic as to be quixotic? Some may think so. But as human… — Robert McNamara Copy Share Image
New York's such a wonderful city. Although I was at the library today. The guy was very rude. I said, "I'd like… — Emo Philips Copy Share Image
The state's interest in effective crime-fighting should never vitiate the citizens' Bill of Rights. — John Ashcroft Copy Share Image
If only I could visit you as a foreigner goes into a new country, learn the language of you, wander past all… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
Look at it this way: this administration is taking unprecedented steps to make sure that the government's secrets remain private while simultaneously… — Charles M. Blow Copy Share Image
Countries around the world are celebrating new oil and natural gas discoveries that hold the promise of greater prosperity for their citizens. — Bob Beauprez Copy Share Image
Every war involves a greater or less relapse into barbarism. War, indeed, in its details, is the essence of inhumanity. It dehumanizes.… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
When I was at Upright Citizens Brigade, I would pretend to be a sad, drunk rapper. — Bobby Moynihan Copy Share Image
There's an old saying in the black community that everybody else is protected and served but we are policed, we don't want… — Benjamin Crump Copy Share Image
A mob is the method by which good citizens turn over the law and the government to the criminal or irresponsible classes. — Ray Stannard Baker Copy Share Image
Disarmed citizens encourage crime and violence. Armed citizens encourage criminals to find a safer line of work. — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
Big money buys access in Washington, and access purchases influence. It is as simple as that. And they have basically given a… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
Phil Robertson and his family are great citizens of the State of Louisiana. The politically correct crowd is tolerant of all viewpoints,… — Bobby Jindal 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
Allowing ourselves to become a nation of silent, secretive, timid citizens is likely to result in a system of democracy and justice… — Dahlia Lithwick Copy Share Image
But in some great souls, who consider themselves as citizens of the world, and forcing the imaginary barriers that separate people from… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
I fear that, as conditions worsen, many will react to the failures of too much government by calling for even more government.… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“So when we think about the future, how to build a healthy humanity, we really have to think about how we create… — Dalai Lama XIV, Desmond Tutu, Douglas Abrams Copy Share Image
Governments steal from citizens through taxes and through the subterfuge of monetizing their own IOUs. — John Pugsley Copy Share Image
Every once in a while, you live long enough to get the respect that people didn't want to give while you were… — Gil Scott-Heron Copy Share Image
There are these two strands, the Dionysian and the Appollonian, and in the same theater grew up from these folks who during… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
Then President [Barack] Obama went on to argue that a citizen`s Second Amendment rights can be restricted without being infringed, just like… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
I discovered Orson Welles in college; my freshman English professor screened 'Citizen Kane' for us, and I wound up writing a 20-page… — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
I begin with the basic conviction that Jews and Arabs can live together. I have repeated that at every opportunity, not for… — Ariel Sharon Copy Share Image
I am often asked what can people do to become a good global citizen? I reply that it begins in your own… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Under the pressure of fanaticism, and with the mob complacently applauding the show, democratic law tends more and more to be grounded… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
People that had the guts to put their loyalty to the Constitution ahead of their loyalty to their political party were citizen… — Tom Coburn Copy Share Image
During the darkest days of the Revolutionary War, the Continental Congress and George Washington - I call him the first George W.… — James Monroe Copy Share Image
The ultimate enemy of Democracy is not the drug dealer of the crooked politician or the crazed skinhead. The ultimate enemy is… — Gerry Spence Copy Share Image
It amazes me to witness the masochism with which some journalists characterize their industry as a dying species. The future belongs to… — Mathias Dopfner Copy Share Image
The chief aim of their constitution is that, whenever public needs permit, all citizens should be free, so far as possible, to… — Thomas More Copy Share Image
It is above all in the present democratic age that the true friends of liberty and human grandeur must remain constantly vigilant… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
What we have now is democracy without citizens. No one is on the public's side. All the buyers are on the corporations'… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
I think as you grow up, you realize you have obligations just in your life - being a citizen, being part of… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image