“Ask not what your country can do for you,but ask what you can do for your country.” — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“It can be difficult to speak truth to power. Circumstances, however, have made doing so increasingly necessary.” — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
“We are the pigs who put the pigs in power. If we wanna change that, we gotta build our character.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“There is no greater environmental stabilizer than commoners jolted to duty.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official.” — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“If you can't change the world without office, you definitely can't change it in office.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
I'd hate to imply that it's your civic duty to see The House I Live In, but guess what it is. — Ty Burr Copy Share Image
I believe Britishness is defined not on ethnic and exclusive grounds but through shared values; our history of tolerance, openness and internationalism;… — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
“Seek yourself in the joy of neighbors, You shall know the meaning of justice. Seek yourself in smiles of the world, You… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
I was raised to believe that we all have a civic duty and a responsibility as Americans to improve our neighborhoods and… — Paul Cook Copy Share Image
The reason the government sells the census as your ticket to getting goodies - rather than as your civic duty - is… — Tom G. Palmer Copy Share Image
Honestly, I'm interested in politics; I'm interested in giving back in some form, performing some sort of civic duty. But I'm not… — Bob Iger Copy Share Image
“It is perhaps the most important civic duty of every citizen to inform themselves about the issues of the day and cast… — Ben Carson Copy Share Image
“At its heart, civility is the disposition of those who understand that we live together to flourish together—that the wellbeing of our… — Diane Kalen-Sukra Copy Share Image
People aren't as stupid as the politicians think. More and more of us are laughing off our 'civic duty' to vote, rejecting… — Bob Black Copy Share Image
What is our civic duty when our system of civics is broken? When our politics are so partisan that we put our… — Karine Jean-Pierre Copy Share Image
“You can stay, you know,” I tell her. “You don’t have to rush off.”“I know,” she says, playfully roughing up my hair… — J.M. Darhower Copy Share Image
“Nothing irks me more than the vocabulary of social responsibility. The very word ‘duty’ is unpleasant to me, like an unwanted guest.… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
“Democracy is not simply a license to indulge individual whims and proclivities. It is also holding oneself accountable to some reasonable degree… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
“Keep struggling, o brave soldier - keep struggling till politicians become an extinct species and politics an extinct profession. The mission is,… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Children need to get a high-quality education, avoid violence and the criminal-justice system, and gain jobs. But they deserve more. We want… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
The kinds of people we need in government are precisely the kinds of people who are most reluctant to go into government… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“The law is too important to be left to the lawyers, to paraphrase Georges Clemenceau about war and generals. We laymen know… — David K. Shipler Copy Share Image
“I can't remember when I've spent a more...enjoyable Saturday." She sighed, then teased his tongue with hers. "Since I don't intend to… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
Using the language of heroism, calling Daniel Ellsberg a hero, and calling the other people who made great sacrifices heroes - even… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
“Alwasy remember… We are engaged in a battle for the continuation of our capitalist, free-market economic model; our way of life; and… — Ziad K. Abdelnour Copy Share Image
“The Great Activist (Sonnet) The world doesn't need another climate summit, the world needs a climate summon, and not from some fair-weather… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
I think it is every woman's duty to make herself as attractive as her time and means permit. After all, there you… — Ilka Chase Copy Share Image
“Nothing irks me more than the vocabulary of social responsibility. The very word ‘duty’ is unpleasant to me, like an unwanted guest.… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
“The world doesn't need another climate summit, the world needs a climate summon, and not from some fair-weather activist that jumps from… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Beyond the Nature of Truth (The Sonnet) Do you realize how serious the situation is, Are you aware of the lives ruined… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Lions don't leave society in the hands of government. Government is second in command - civilians, chief commander.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
