Citizen Quotes

869 Citizen quotes by 627 unique authors

As a citizen of the great city of Chicago, I find it impossible to root against the White Sox. The White Sox organization has been… — Billy Corgan
I discovered Orson Welles in college; my freshman English professor screened 'Citizen Kane' for us, and I wound up writing a 20-page term paper on… — Claire Danes
Every citizen who stops smoking, or loses a few pounds, or starts managing his chronic disease with real diligence, is caulking a crack for the… — Mitch Daniels
I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world. — Eugene V. Debs
Twenty five percent of Israeli citizens are not even Jewish. Anybody can become an Israeli citizen if you qualify. Religion is not a criterion for… — Alan Dershowitz
I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world. — Diogenes
I begin to feel like most Americans don't understand the First Amendment, don't understand the idea of freedom of speech, and don't understand that it's… — Roger Ebert
You can have a movie with hardly any cuts, or very few cuts, that is fascinating, you can't take your eyes away from it... Look… — Roger Ebert
Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who would preserve what… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
The citizen is becoming a pawn in a game where nobody knows the rules, where everybody consequently doubts that there are rules at all, and… — Andrew Eldritch
Paramount is the need to secure human rights. The form of rule should be such that the citizen does not have to fear the State,… — Recep Tayyip Erdogan
I always preach that you have to be active as a citizen no matter what, and some people just voting as an excuse not to… — Lupe Fiasco
But ours was intended to be a citizen government. It is what of, by and for the people means. And when our most important issue… — Carly Fiorina
Most people define themselves by what they do - 'I'm a musician.' Then one day it occurred to me that I'm only a musician when… — Herbie Hancock
But that citizen's perception was also at one with the truth in recognizing that the very brutality of the means by which the IRA were… — Seamus Heaney
To become an American citizen, we require people to read, write and speak in English. That is to help them to assimilate in our melting… — Ernest Istook
English should be our official language. Reading and speaking English are requirements to become a citizen. — Ernest Istook
Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state. — Thomas Jefferson
I am deeply grateful to the citizens of Sarajevo and the Sarajevo Canton assembly for bestowing upon me this incredible honor of citizenship. I am… — Angelina Jolie
Let each person do his or her part. If one citizen is unwilling to participate, all of us are going to suffer. For the American… — Barbara Jordan
I've campaigned for people. I've campaigned across the country for people. I have supported people in local elections. I do work with groups and causes.… — Caroline Kennedy
I'd much rather see a world where, when you make some quirky comment on a blog or news story or you upload a video clip,… — Jaron Lanier
The same historical development that turned the citizen into a client transformed the worker from a producer into a consumer. — Christopher Lasch
I was taught from a young age that many people would treat me as a second-class citizen because I was African-American and because I was… — Queen Latifah
Folks, the most insidious part of this whole health care scheme is that all of these vast medical expenditures will become nothing more than government… — Rush Limbaugh

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