Full democracy requires the full participation of women. Your voices are vital. The word 'vital' means necessary for life. A democracy, to… — Swanee Hunt Copy Share Image
Voting the names of the dead, and the nonexistent, and the too-mentally-impaired to function, cancels out the votes of citizens who are… — Artur Davis Copy Share Image
The only way that a government can provide for jobs for all citizens is by deciding what every man should do. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
If governments did not mislead their citizens so often, there would be less need for secrecy, and if leaders knew they could… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
It has to have a payroll tax that's dedicated to Social Security. The Social Security tax has been very successful over the… — James Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Our Constitution requires that the accused be presumed innocent before trial, thus granting all citizens the right to a bail hearing, where… — Kevin Mitnick Copy Share Image
The only Jews who interest us are our fellow citizens... Basically and profoundly, we are with the West. — Habib Bourguiba Copy Share Image
Our country is the world, our countrymen are all mankind. We love the land of our nativity, only as we love all… — William Lloyd Garrison Copy Share Image
I am for police function that protects citizens of this great Nation, not a police function that is used to terrorize them. — Dennis Kucinich Copy Share Image
It is unclear how disarming law-abiding citizens would better protect them from the dangers and threats posed by those who would flout… — Rick Scott Copy Share Image
To be ignorant or unconvinced of one's own needs has become the unforgivable anti-social act. The good citizen is one who imputes… — Ivan Illich Copy Share Image
The contention that a standing army and navy is the best security of peace is about as logical as the claim that… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
When you enlisted into the armed forces you swore to support and defend a Constitution that did not yet fully apply to… — David Petraeus 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
If we don't bear witness as citizens, as people, as individuals, the right that we have had to life is sacrificed. There… — Jane Rule Copy Share Image
Industrial societies turn their citizens into image-junkies; it is the most irresistible form of mental pollution. Poignant longings for beauty, for an… — Susan Sontag 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
My ideal citizen is the self-employed, homeschooling, IRA-owning guy with a concealed-carry permit. Because that person doesn't need the goddamn government for… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
There is probably no more obnoxious class of citizen, taken end for end, than the returning vacationist. — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
Still, a prince should make himself feared in such a way that if he does not gain love, he at any rate… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
The government gives them the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes a three-strike law and then wants us to sing "God Bless America."… — Jeremiah Wright Copy Share Image
We have our nominee, and it's is Secretary [Hillary] Clinton. I do hope that Secretary Clinton will take into account the huge… — Jeff Merkley Copy Share Image
Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick. Although we… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
If someone can produce the law that keeps guns out of the hands of criminals but protects the right of law-abiding citizens… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
I know there has long been a great frustration among the African Americans in Nevada over their belief that we have not… — James E. Rogers Copy Share Image
Our political leaders must be honest and forthcoming with data that will allow citizens to use facts and figures to judge for… — Grace Napolitano Copy Share Image
Many companies are disappointing the citizens of this world by manipulating labor rates, putting horse meat instead of beef out there, or… — Paul Polman Copy Share Image
Millions of citizens are deeply disturbed that the military-industrial complex too often shapes national policy, but they do not want to be… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
In a democracy, the most important office is the office of citizen — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
She [Justice sandra Day O'Connor] wrote - and this is one we should all remember - she wrote that even war is… — Patrick Leahy Copy Share Image
The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the state shall not be questioned. — James Madison Copy Share Image
The most important thing we stressed is that we want those kids to be productive citizens. — Troy Vincent Copy Share Image
It is not enough, citizens, to have destroyed the factions, it is necessary now to repair the evil that they have done… — Louis Antoine de Saint-Just Copy Share Image
Being an outsider means not being heard, not having a voice. It means being treated as a second-class citizen, being diminished in… — Chris Crutcher Copy Share Image
If you care about this country, if you want to take part in a citizen’s movement that helps heal the deep racial,… — Connie May Fowler 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
For the undocumented immigrants, the big priority is just to get out from the shadows, be able to get a driver's license,… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
I would say democracy once meant an organizational society and a state, in which the individual citizen is - feels - responsible,… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
There are jobs that American citizens will not do. We can talk about why that is. We can talk about how our… — Mick Mulvaney Copy Share Image
![“We have our nominee, and it's is Secretary [Hillary] Clinton. I do hope that Secretary Clinton will take into account the huge resonance of the vision that Senator ["Bernie"] Sanders was putting forward.This has inspired millions of citizens - a style of campaign we've never seen before winning 22…” quote by Jeff Merkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8be/jeff-merkley-22293_accounts_we-have-our-nominee-and-it-s-is-secretar_2460556.jpg)
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