There is an understandable vindictiveness in people who come from Communist countries. They want to keep telling us that we were fools… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
The national parklands have a major role in providing superlative opportunities for outdoor recreation, but they have other people serving values. They… — Stewart Udall Copy Share Image
I regard the state of which I am a citizen as a public utility, like the organization that supplies me with water,… — Arnold J. Toynbee 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 clerical work is par for the course. "Keep on file in numerical order" means throw in wastebasket. You'll soon learn the… — Bel Kaufman Copy Share Image
The Declaration of Independence summarizes the civic principles of American life. It agrees with this biblical perspective when it affirms that we… — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
Skepticism is the agent of reason against organized irrationalism--and is therefore one of the keys to human social and civic decency. — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
It's great that we're bringing democracy to Iraq. I can't wait to see how we do it! What are we gonna do,… — Lewis Black Copy Share Image
The public realm in America has two roles: it is the dwelling place of our civilization and our civic life, and it… — James Howard Kunstler Copy Share Image
For women to be supplying the soldiery with banners, flannel shirts and other material comforts was, superficially, all of a piece with… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
What if one happens to be possessed of a heart that can’t be trusted—? What if the heart, for its own unfathomable… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
And it’d be very hard to make up something as strange as the Dutch tulipmania in the seventeenth century, for example. Or… — Stephen Briggs Copy Share Image
“Civility is the everyday ethic of honoring the dignity of others as we would wish our own to be honored—an active commitment… — Diane Kalen-Sukra Copy Share Image
The whole, 'Is the Internet a good thing or a bad thing'? We're done with that. It's just a thing. How to… — Clay Shirky Copy Share Image
I think we're going to start to see a new model of civic advocacy where people get together once in a while… — Alex Steffen Copy Share Image
“Alexis de Tocqueville warned that as the economy and government of America got bigger, citizens could become smaller: less practiced in the… — Eric Liu Copy Share Image
We live in a world of increasing dependence on electronic records and retrieval, unprecedented security and preservation concerns, and insufficient attention to… — Allen Weinstein Copy Share Image
When you Google me, you'll find a lot of people don't like Richard Dreyfuss. Because I'm cocky and I present a cocky… — Richard Dreyfuss Copy Share Image
The practice of architecture not only requires participation in the profession but it also requires civic engagement. — Samuel Copy Share Image
You can bring your children under age 18 into the voting booth with you. Many families do so as a way to… — Christine Pelosi Copy Share Image
We hear talk now about reforming public education. There are billions of dollars at stake for such a reform. But I have… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
If you don't have properly constituted civic authorities you will encourage vigilantism and solo efforts at retributive justice - which is anarchy,… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
If America is to be great in the future, it will be if we understand that our source is not civic and… — John Ashcroft 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
To me, money is a means to do good. I reached a point in my life where I had enjoyed tremendous business… — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
