The enactment of the Homestead Act would create the strongest tie between the citizen and the Government-he would with cheerfulness contribute his… — Andrew Johnson Copy Share Image
The good news, though, is that I find in my political travels that people, as regular citizens, are more interested than ever… — Jim Hightower Copy Share Image
We shall always place education side by side with instruction; the mind will not be cultivated at the expense of the heart.… — Basil Moreau Copy Share Image
Fundamentalists tell us to fear the specter of special rights for gay citizens, though of course gay Americans aren't after special rights… — Sean Faircloth Copy Share Image
Time indeed changes manners and notions, and so far we must expect institutions to bend to them. But time produces also corruption… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, corruption is widespread in government agencies and public enterprises. Our political system promotes nepotism and wasting money. This has undermined our… — George Papandreou Copy Share Image
Make no mistake. This is a war on rural America. ... It is chilling to watch people who joined the military to… — Matt Shea Copy Share Image
Lady Bird Johnson did more than plant flowers in public places. She served the country superbly by planting environmental values in the… — Stewart Udall Copy Share Image
Since the whole city has one end, it is manifest that education should be one and the same for all, and that… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
I talk to the young generation and advise them to be both fully Muslim and fully Western citizens, to be free, to… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
There was never a man born so wise or good, but one or more companions came into the world with him, who… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
In an ironic sense, Karl Marx was right. We are witnessing today a great revolutionary crisis, a crisis where the demands of… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The full horror of what has happened in the United States earlier today is now becoming clearer. It is hard even to… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
There are three major political organizations in this country: the Republican Party, the Democratic Party and the Koch Brothers Party. With billions… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Dissident Natan Sharansky writes that there are two kinds of states - “fear societies” and “free societies.”… The two societies make up… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
Sometimes, when asked the what-do-you-do question, it occurs to me to say that I work for the government. I have a government… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
I think ultimately that the rules that you make for gun control, people who are intent on killing themselves aren't too concerned… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
Feminism was recognized by the average man as a conflict in which it was impossible for a man, as a chivalrous gentleman,… — Wyndham Lewis Copy Share Image
It is one thing to tell the citizens of some faraway country to go to hell, but it is another to do… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
It bodes very ill for government when men are exalted to places of high trust through their own solicitations. He only fills… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
The decision was strictly based on my interest of living and working in Singapore. I am obligated and I will pay hundreds… — Eduardo Saverin Copy Share Image
I agree with you that it is the duty of every good citizen to use all the opportunities, which occur to him,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
We're just trying to figure out what being a good citizen is, what participating in a democracy is, what taking responsibility for… — Cecily McMillan Copy Share Image
That has to come to an end and end now. No citizen is a second-class citizen in the city of Chicago. If… — Chris Hayes Copy Share Image
Liberalism, the dominant ideology of our time, has been dangerously distorted by the impact of economism. It is that impact which has… — Larry Siedentop Copy Share Image
Half a century ago, the amazing courage of Rosa Parks, the visionary leadership of Martin Luther King, and the inspirational actions of… — David Cameron Copy Share Image
We will also allow state companies to sell shares to their workers and will pass a law allowing citizens to start companies… — Vaclav Klaus Copy Share Image
I shall hold myself particularly answerable to my constituents for my present conduct, and in general to all my fellow Citizens throughout… — Henry Laurens 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
My start in politics was watching my parents go to the polls on election day. It reminded me that being an active,… — Josh Earnest Copy Share Image
The same government that requires a taxpaying citizen to document every statement on his tax return decrees that questioning a welfare applicant… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I do recognize the most valuable work being done across the country is that work being done inside the four walls in… — Ann Romney Copy Share Image
In the book, America had already been weakened by bio terror plagues before waves of selfish violence took down the rest. But… — David Brin Copy Share Image
So it is the human condition that to wish for the greatness of one's fatherland is to wish evil to one's neighbors.… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
I understood my personal responsibility in putting Christ on the cross and the implications of how the Gospel impacts every area of… — Sho Baraka Copy Share Image
In a world that might say one vote doesn't matter..., it does matter because each person is of infinite worth and value… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
I'm a mom, so I have to be comfortable. Jeans are a staple - I have way too many in my closet!… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A college should feel alarmed rather than pleased if it graduates nothing but good citizens. For when the body politic is composed… — George Boas Copy Share Image
The nation, as you know, is at a critical point. At a time like this we can't risk partisan bickering and political… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
During bad circumstances, which is the human inheritance, you must decide not to be reduced. You have your humanity, and you must… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
