Citizen Quotes

869 quotes by 627 authors

At the core, the American citizen soldiers knew the difference between right and wrong, and they didn't want to live in a world in which… — Stephen Ambrose
I'm honored to shake the hand of a brave Iraqi citizen who had his hand cut off by Saddam Hussein. — George W. Bush
Orson Welles lists Citizen Kane as his best film, Alfred Hitchcock opts for Shadow of a Doubt, and Sir Carol Reed chose The Third Man… — Joseph Cotten
Our model citizen is a sophisticate who, before puberty, understands how to produce a baby, but who at the age of thirty will not know… — Wendell Berry
If every U.S. citizen ate just one meal a week (any meal) composed of locally and organically raised meats and produce, we would reduce our… — Barbara Kingsolver
The magnitude of the punishment matches the magnitude of the sin. Now a sin that is against God is infinite; the higher the person against… — Thomas Aquinas
My ideal citizen is the self-employed, homeschooling, IRA-owning guy with a concealed-carry permit. Because that person doesn't need the goddamn government for anything, — Grover Norquist
The greater the hold of government upon the life of the individual citizen, the greater the risk of war. — John Hospers
Absolutely love the new campaign from the Optimum Population Trust: do your bit for addressing climate change by having fewer children - or even no… — Jonathon Porritt
Against the odd's, I have persevered, I am the living attestation of the American dream. I am the extolment of this great nation. I have… — Don King
Justice is a commodity which in a more or less adulterated condition the State sells to the citizen as a reward for his allegiance, taxes… — Ambrose Bierce
I was the first American citizen to be elected to Congress in spite of the double drawbacks of being female and having skin darkened by… — Shirley Chisholm
I agree with you that it is the duty of every good citizen to use all the opportunities, which occur to him, for preserving documents… — Thomas Jefferson
Laws abridging the natural right of the citizen should be restrained by rigorous constructions within their narrowest limits. — Thomas Jefferson
To all general purposes we have uniformly been one people each individual citizen everywhere enjoying the same national rights, privileges, and protection. — Alexander Hamilton
At my age, and in my circumstances, what sinister object, or personal emolument had I to seek after, in this life? The growing infirmities of… — George Washington
Call to mind the sentiments which nature has engraved on the heart of every citizen, and which take a new force when they are solemnly… — Thomas Paine
There is probably no more obnoxious class of citizen, taken end for end, than the returning vacationist. — Robert Benchley
Citizen KaneÂ is perhaps the one American talking picture that seems as fresh now as the day it opened. It may seem even fresher. — Pauline Kael
To seek to keep the established constitution unchanged argues a good citizen and a good man. — Augustus

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