Citizen Quotes

869 quotes by 627 authors

The rise of the citizen review site is a sobering development. No longer are you on top of the mountain, blasting your marketing message down… — David Pogue
America has joined forces with the Allied Powers, and what we have of blood and treasure are yours. Therefore it is that with loving pride… — Unknown Author
[T]he strike is inherently dangerous to the rich, and to the corporations who have brought this country to her knees, because it is the only… — Keith Olbermann
The state is the servant of the citizen, and not his master. — John F. Kennedy
Man is at the bottom an animal, midway a citizen, and at the top divine. But the climate of this world is such that few… — Henry Ward Beecher
We must remember that the people of all the States are entitled to all the privileges and immunities of the citizen of the several States.… — Abraham Lincoln
I have often expressed my sentiments, that every man, conducting himself as a good citizen, and being accountable to God alone for his religious opinions,… — George Washington
The right to criticize: the right to hold unpopular beliefs; the right to protest; the right of independent thought. The exercise of these rights should… — Margaret Chase Smith
I'm telling America we need to not discriminate against faith-based programs. We need to welcome them so our society is more wholesome, more welcoming, and… — George W. Bush
Political action is the highest responsibility of a citizen. — John F. Kennedy
It is alleged by men of loose principles , or defective views of the subject, that religion and morality are not necessary or important qualifications… — Noah Webster
Unfortunately, we don't have the option of marriage in our country. We could go to Britain or Spain or Argentina and do something symbolic, but… — Dick Cheney
Soon it will be possible to assert almost continuous surveillance over every citizen and maintain up-to-date complete files containing even the most personal information about… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for the… — Frederic Bastiat
In dealing with the State, we ought to remember that its institutions are not aboriginal, though they existed before we were born; that they are… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
To open his lips is crime in a plain citizen. — Quintus Ennius
Power, after all, is not just military strength. It is the social power that comes from democracy, the cultural power that comes from freedom of… — Edward Said
Any time we deny any citizen the full exercise of his constitutional rights, we are weakening our own claim to them. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
To blindly trust government is to automatically vest it with excessive power. To distrust government is simply to trust humanity - to trust in the… — James Bovard
...if the citizens neglect their Duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted; laws will be made, not for the… — Noah Webster

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