Citizenry Quotes

73 quotes by 60 authors

Only a knowledgeable, empowered and vocal citizenry can perform well in democracy. — David Brin
The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry. — William F. Buckley, Jr.
You can make more money on unemployment than you can going down and getting one of those jobs that is an honest job, but it… — Sharron Angle
The fact throughout history is that whenever government dominates the economic affairs of its citizenry, a free society is eroded, then destroyed, and a minority… — William E. Simon
[The] erroneous assumption is to the effect that the aim of public education is to fill the young of the species with knowledge and awaken… — H. L. Mencken
Thus inwardly armed with confidence in God and the unshakable stupidity of the voting citizenry, the politicians can begin the fight for the 'remaking' of… — Adolf Hitler
Let us hope our weapons are never needed -but do not forget what the common people knew when they demanded the Bill of Rights: An… — Edward Abbey
The prospect of a government that treats all its citizens as criminal suspects is more terrifying than any terrorist. And even more frightening is a… — Joseph Sobran
Could many of our ills today have resulted from our failure to train a strong citizenry from the only source we have - the boys… — Ezra Taft Benson
One cannot legislate the maniacs off the street... these maniacs can only be shut down by an armed citizenry. Indeed bad things can happen in… — Jeff Cooper
The rifle is a weapon. Let there be no mistake about that. It is a tool of power, and thus dependent completely upon the moral… — Jeff Cooper
Nations crumble from within when the citizenry asks of government those things which the citizenry might better provide for itself. — Ronald Reagan
In this time when a citizenry applauds the liberation of a country as it lives in fear of its own freedomwhen people all over the… — Tim Robbins
An educated citizenry is a vital requisite for our survival as a free people. — Thomas Jefferson
No country can possibly move ahead, no free society can possibly be sustained, unless it has an educated citizenry whose qualities of mind and heart… — John F. Kennedy
The police of a state should never be stronger or better armed than the citizenry. An armed citizenry, willing to fight, is the foundation of… — Robert A. Heinlein
Since an informed citizenry is the basis for a healthy democracy, independent, non-corporate media are more crucial today than ever before — Dahr Jamail
One reason the United States finds itself at the edge of a foreign policy disaster is its underinformed citizenry, a key weakness in democracy. — Stefan Halper
History shows that the mere existence of a mass surveillance apparatus, regardless of how it is used, is in itself sufficient to stifle dissent. A… — Glenn Greenwald
No matter the specific techniques involved, historically mass surveillance has had several constant attributes. Initially, it is always the countryâ€™s dissidents and marginalized who bear… — Glenn Greenwald

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