Citizen Quotes

869 Citizen quotes by 627 unique authors

The true legacy of 9-11 cannot be found among political leaders of the day, but in the citizen soldiers and public safety personnel who answered… — Mike Pence
I am a United States citizen and I vote. — Martha Plimpton
Our society needs to recognize the unstoppable momentum toward unequivocal civil equality for every gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered citizen of this country. — Zachary Quinto
The United States, for a French citizen, is a friend, an ally, to whom we owe, along with most Europeans, our freedom. — Jean-Pierre Raffarin
Terror will crash down on us if we fail to understand that a pluralistic society requires the personal and daily commitment of every citizen. — Tariq Ramadan
Opportunity expands when there is excellence and choice in education, when taxes are lowered, when every citizen has affordable, portable health insurance and when constitutional… — Mitt Romney
For those who have come here illegally, they might have a transition time to allow them to set their affairs in order. And then go… — Mitt Romney
The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight. — Theodore Roosevelt
People ask me if there are going to be stories of Harry Potter as an adult. Frankly, if I wanted to, I could keep writing… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
I am privileged to be a citizen of the single greatest society in all of human history. — Marco Rubio
I don't feel American. I do feel like a New Yorker. I think there's a real distinction there. A city allows you to become a… — Salman Rushdie
Every once in a while, you live long enough to get the respect that people didn't want to give while you were trying to become… — Gil Scott-Heron
The citizen's job is to be rude - to pierce the comfort of professional intercourse by boorish expressions of doubt. — John Ralston Saul
As citizens, we all have an obligation to intervene and become involved - it's the citizen who changes things. — Jose Saramago
You must be afraid, my son. That is how one becomes an honest citizen. — Jean-Paul Sartre
I believe with all my heart that America remains 'the great idea' that inspires the world. It is a privilege to be born here. It… — Arnold Schwarzenegger
I see myself as a citizen of the planet. Even as a child, I always found it mindless to root for your own team. I… — Wallace Shawn
In the period where I had to live the life of a citizen - a life where, like everybody else, I did tons of laundry… — Patti Smith
An artist may have burdens the ordinary citizen doesn't know, but the ordinary citizen has burdens that many artists never even touch. — Patti Smith
I've been a law-abiding citizen ever since I grew up in the Bronx, New York. — Wesley Snipes

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