Citizen Quotes

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With all my devotion to the Union, and the feeling of loyalty and duty of an American citizen, I have not been able to make… — Robert E. Lee
The contention that a standing army and navy is the best security of peace is about as logical as the claim that the most peaceful… — Emma Goldman
You have to take ownership and leadership of tomorrow. For that to be possible, you have to strengthen your capacity and widen your vision as… — Ban Ki-moon
You have to work and think about how we can make this world a better place for all. This is what I'd really like to… — Ban Ki-moon
Feminism was recognized by the average man as a conflict in which it was impossible for a man, as a chivalrous gentleman, as a respecter… — Wyndham Lewis
The most important thing an institution does is not to prepare a student for a career but for a life as a citizen. — Unknown Author
The very existence of government at all, infers inequality. The citizen who is preferred to office becomes the superior of those who are not, so… — James F. Cooper
As for cages themselves, an ordinary citizen who kept dogs in similar conditions for their entire lives would risk prosecution for cruelty. A pig producer… — Peter Singer
Taking privacy cues from the federal government is - to say the least - ironic, considering today's Orwellian level of surveillance. At virtually any given… — Bob Barr
The best defence [for a democracy, for the public good] is aggressiveness, the aggressiveness of the involved citizen. We need to reassert that slow, time-consuming,… — John Ralston Saul
We are bound by ideals that teach us what it means to be citizens. Every child must be taught these ideals. Every citizen must uphold… — George W. Bush
The understanding which has driven New Labour's reform is to put the individual citizen - the patient, the parent, the pupil, the law abiding citizen… — Tony Blair
Our civilization is locked in the grip of an ideology - corporatism. An ideology that denies and undermines the legitimacy of individuals as the citizen… — John Ralston Saul
The aim of the popularization of economic studies is not to make every man an economist. The idea is to equip the citizen for his… — Ludwig von Mises
The main propoganda trick of supporters of the allegedly "progressive" policy of government control is to blame capitalism for all that is unsatisfactory in present-day… — Ludwig von Mises
Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote...that he is executing one of the most solemn trusts in human society for… — Samuel Adams
Every male citizen of the commonwealth, liable to taxes or to militia duty in any county, shall have a right to vote for representatives for… — Thomas Jefferson
The best results in the operation of a government wherein every citizen has a share largely depend upon a proper limitation of the purely partisan… — Grover Cleveland
We're not going to deputize a whole bunch of American citizens to start grabbing people or turning them in, in part because the ordinary American… — Barack Obama
In a polity, each citizen is to possess his own arms, which are not supplied or owned by the state. — Aristotle

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