“..the expectations of Republican Motherhood – in which women’s obligations were the instilling of civic virtue in offspring and the moral maintenance… — Rebecca Traister Copy Share Image
“Countrymen: I have given proofs, as well as the best of you, of desiring liberty for our country, and I continue to… — José Rizal Copy Share Image
If you believe, as I do, that the scope and range of presidential authority is great, that puts a lot of weight… — Benjamin Wittes Copy Share Image
“The individual is seen as the ultimate. Consequently, we have witneed a decline of civic virtue at the expense of the common… — Chris Brauns Copy Share Image
Citizens ... should be practitioners of civic virtue in their conduct toward government. They should be ever willing to fulfill the duties… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
Those who enjoy the blessings of liberty under a divinely inspired constitution should promote morality, and they should practice what the Founding… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
“So, in less elevated circles, we might toss a coin as to whether or not to go to a party, decide to… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
It is the State which educates its citizens in civic virtue, gives them a consciousness of their mission and welds them into… — Benito Mussolini Copy Share Image
“Experts need to remember, always, that they are the servants and not the masters of a democratic society and a republican government.… — Thomas M. Nichols Copy Share Image
“War -- is a last ditch moral nightmare. People begin worshiping a mysterious slouching beast, following after, bowing down, offering gifts, making… — Daniel Berrigan Copy Share Image
Sanitation and cleanliness are among the humblest of the civic virtues, and it is easy to underestimate their significance. — Ram Nath Kovind Copy Share Image
“Today's Republican Party...is an insurgent outlier. It has become ideologically extreme; contemptuous of the inherited social and economic policy regime; scornful of… — Thomas E. Mann Copy Share Image
Competing against each other leaves little space for reciprocity and the growth of social capital. Running against another in a race may… — Eva Cox Copy Share Image
I have recommended in my writings the study of civic virtues, without which there is no redemption. I have written likewise (and… — Jose Rizal Copy Share Image
There could never be enough rules so finely crafted as to anticipate and cover every situation, and even if there were, enforcement… — D. Todd Christofferson Copy Share Image
“Classical liberalism . . . does not wholly define modern American conservatism. There is an added element: a concern with social and… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
Thus we can see that – at least at the level of economics – democracy is a sort of slow-motion suicide, in… — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
The American founders, when framing their governments, looked to the Bible for insights into human nature, civic virtue, social order, political authority… — Daniel L Dreisbach Copy Share Image
A constitutional democracy is in serious trouble if its citizenry does not have a certain degree of education and civic virtue. — Phillip E. Johnson Copy Share Image
It's a civic virtue to be exposed to things that appear to be outside your interest. In a complex world, almost everything… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Every nation-state tends towards the imperial - that is the point. Through banks, armies, secret police, propaganda, courts and jails, treaties, taxes,… — Daniel Berrigan 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
“You. What is the moral difference, if any, between the soldier and the civilian?" "The difference," I answered carefully, "lies in the… — Heinlein Robert A Copy Share Image
“He spent part of last year working in Canada, and I think it rubbed off on him, diminishing his innate American ability… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
A God who chastises our lack of faith, our vices, the little esteem in which we hold dignity and the civic virtues.… — Jose Rizal Copy Share Image
