Civic Quotes

One must always be civic-minded.

— Hiroo Onoda

I've always held a pretty strong civic duty.

— Benson Henderson

Let's get our civic laws right and abide by them.

— Vikram Bhatt

Voting is a civic sacrament.

— Theodore Hesburgh

“Peace is an act of civic duty, not a task for the world leaders.”

— Abhijit Naskar

I didn't quite agree with the Supreme Court ruling that forced civic clubs to take women.

— Anita Bryant

Our civic society is really all we have by way of nationhood.

— Cokie Roberts

I've tried to be active in civic organizations as well as the Church.

— Margaret D. Nadauld

We have to create more awareness around the importance of civic participation.

— Ashley Biden

The Civic University operates on a global scale but uses its location to form its identity.

— John Goddard

We need to encourage young women to run for office and become civic leaders in their own communities.

— Elise Stefanik

I think a lot of people get hope through civic organizations and through their churches.

— Martha Nussbaum

High levels of homeownership have been shown to foster greater involvement in school and civic organizations, higher graduation rates, and greater neighborhood…

— Ben Bernanke

I believe an invitation from the Commission on Presidential Debates is similar to a draft notice - a civic responsibility.

— Jim Lehrer

Good choice putting $4,000 rims on your 1998 Honda Civic. That's like Betty White going out and getting her tits done.

— Anonymous

Sanitation and cleanliness are among the humblest of the civic virtues, and it is easy to underestimate their significance.

— Ram Nath Kovind

For newspapers to continue to play an important role in civic engagement, they need more access to capital. Their decline has created…

— Ajit Pai

In Elizabethan England or classical Athens... theater was at the center of, not culture, but society and politics and religion and civic…

— Diane Paulus

I was raised to believe that we all have a civic duty and a responsibility as Americans to improve our neighborhoods and…

— Paul Cook

A street full of electric light is a sign of civic failure and is an insulting injury to the soul. Shutting out…

— Michael Leunig

Theres something unique about the United States, a sense of individual rights and freedoms, and a sense of social and civic responsibility…

— George Hickenlooper

The bottom line is that we have entered an age when local communities need to invest in themselves. Federal and state dollars…

— Mick Cornett

I believe Britishness is defined not on ethnic and exclusive grounds but through shared values; our history of tolerance, openness and internationalism;…

— David Blunkett

I have always argued that newspapers should not have any civic purpose beyond telling readers what is happening... A reporter who doesn't…

— Jack Germond

There is this absurd assumption that the revitalisation of the public sphere is always a good thing. I think people tend to…

— Evgeny Morozov

In some ways, it's better that Obama got elected than McCain. I'd rather be stabbed in the chest with an Obama steak…

— Brad Thor

“I had a dream about you last night. We were in your old Civic. Nine Inch Nails was turned up on the…

— Crystal Hudson

Civic engagement means working to make a difference in the civic life of our communities and developing the combination of knowledge, skills,…

— Thomas Ehrlich

We Nigerians must reclaim our sovereignty, our civic entitlements.

— Wole Soyinka

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

It was Chicago with its World's Fair which vivified the national desire for civic beauty.

— Daniel Burnham

“participate in civic life. The Reports result from research projects”

— Joseph Kahne

What's similar between Britain and America is the lack of good-quality civic buildings.

— Zaha Hadid

Marriage is a civic matter. It is really not, together with all its circumstances, the business of the church.

— Martin Luther

A country is more than an economy. We're a civic society.

— Steve Bannon

God has not granted civic rulers authority over the doctrine, practice, or polity of the church.

— John MacArthur

I want paying taxes to feel like the accomplishment of a civic duty.

— Hank Green

Do creative, social, and civic attitudes change depending on where we live? Yes, I think so.

— David Byrne

Both Left and Right take pleasure in mildly persecuting those who fail to meet their civic ideals.

— Jacob Weisberg

My parents gave us a strong sense of civic responsibility.

— Gladys Berejiklian