Citizen Quotes

869 Citizen quotes by 627 unique authors

It is more important that innocence be protected than it is that guilt be punished, for guilt and crimes are so frequent in this world… — John Adams
It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority. — Benjamin Franklin
Honor to the soldier and sailor everywhere, who bravely bears his country's cause. Honor, also, to the citizen who cares for his brother in the… — Abraham Lincoln
There is no such thing as the State And no one exists alone; Hunger allows no choice To the citizen or the police; We must… — Wystan Hugh Auden
The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naÃ¯ve and usually idiotic. He is, more likely, one who likes his country… — H. L. Mencken
If my theory of relativity is proven successful, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare me a citizen of the world.… — Albert Einstein
It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities to give validity to his convictions in political affairs. — Albert Einstein
States' rights, as our forefathers conceived it, was a protection of the right of the individual citizen. Those who preach most frequently about states' rights… — Robert Kennedy
A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the highest virtues of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The… — Thomas Jefferson
There is one province in which, sooner or later, virtually everyone gets dealt a leading role--hero, heroine, or villain.... Unlike the slight implications of quotidian… — Lionel Shriver
Men who find themselves late are never sure. They are all the things the civics books tell us the good citizen should be: partisans but… — Stephen King
It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen. — Aristotle
The soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers. The Soldier is also a citizen. In fact, the highest obligation and privilege… — George S. Patton
When I return to the world, I will be a man. I will walk among you. I will lick my lips with my small, dexterous… — Garth Stein
Dissident Natan Sharansky writes that there are two kinds of states -- "fear societies" and "free societies," two kinds of consciousness. The consciousness derived of… — Naomi Wolf
The technotronic era involves the gradual appearance of a more controlled society. Such a society would be dominated by an elite, unrestrained by traditional values.… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
I'm a relatively respectable citizen. Multiple felon perhaps, but certainly not dangerous. — Hunter S. Thompson
The American uppermiddle-class citizen is a composite of negatives. He is largely delineated by what he is not. - pg. 41 — William S. Burroughs
The obligation d'Ã¢me meant that his only allegiance was to Felix, making them a separate kingdom of two, with Felix as king and Mildmay as… — Sarah Monette
But how is this legal plunder to be identified? Quite simply. See if the law takes from some persons what belongs to them and gives… — Frederic Bastiat

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