Citizen Quotes

869 quotes by 627 authors

I don't believe in God. My God is patriotism. Teach a man to be a good citizen and you have solved the problem of life. — Andrew Carnegie
The strength of the Constitution lies entirely in the determination of each citizen to defend it. Only if every single citizen feels duty bound to… — Albert Einstein
...in respect of riches, no citizen shall ever be wealthy enough to buy another, and none poor enough to be forced to sell himself. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
So it is the human condition that to wish for the greatness of one's fatherland is to wish evil to one's neighbors. The citizen of… — Voltaire
If only I could visit you as a foreigner goes into a new country, learn the language of you, wander past all borders into every… — Lisa Kleypas
I felt I was drawing close to that age, that place in life, where you realize one day what you'd told yourself was a Zen… — Roland Merullo
Am dining at Goldini's Restaurant, Gloucester Road, Kensington. Please come at once and join me there. Bring with you a jemmy, a dark lantern, a… — Arthur Conan Doyle
He is a free and secure citizen of the world because he is on a chain that is long enough to allow him access to… — Franz Kafka
Living in a foreign country is one of those things that everyone should try at least once. My understanding was that it completed a person,… — David Sedaris
The legislator should direct his attention above all to the education of youth; for the neglect of education does harm to the constitution. The citizen… — Aristotle
My business is that of every other good citizen - to uphold the law. — Arthur Conan Doyle
The things that make you a functional citizen in society - manners, discretion, cordiality - don't necessarily make you a good writer. Writing needs raw… — Natalie Goldberg
To be a citizen in a democracy, a human being must be given a healthy start. — Eleanor Roosevelt
So she viewed time spent in the land of the normal as an investigation into the world of marriage-worthy men, even if she was unsure… — Steve Martin
The backstreet cafe in Casablanca was for me a place of mystery, a place with a soul, a place with danger. There was a sense… — Tahir Shah
When Alexander the Great visited the philosopher Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for him, Diogenes is said to have replied: â€˜Yes, stand… — Henry Hazlitt
It is certain, I think, that the best government is the one that governs the least. But there is a much-neglected corollary: the best citizen… — Wendell Berry
Worship isn't destructive, Martin. I know that. I don't. I only know it's the core of his life. What else has he got? He can… — Peter Shaffer
He'll be delivered from madness. What then? He'll feel himself acceptable! What then? Do you think feelings like his can be simply re-attached, like plasters?… — Peter Shaffer
A citizen walking through the airport today is bombarded with 1984-style propaganda messages that are designed to make us fear some amorphous threat and also… — Ron Paul

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