Citizenry Quotes

73 Citizenry quotes by 60 unique authors

Openness, transparency - these are among the few weapons the citizenry has to protect itself from the powerful and the corrupt... and that is the… — Michael Moore
In order to cultivate a set of leaders with legitimacy in the eyes of the citizenry, it is necessary that the path to leadership be… — Sandra Day O'Connor
Communicated in the right way, Judeo-Christian philosophy and the religions that uphold it bind a citizenry together in pursuit of a just and generous society. — Bill O'Reilly
Democracy functions best when we have an active citizenry. — Rick Perry
Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works. — Carl Sagan
Widespread public access to knowledge, like public education, is one of the pillars of our democracy, a guarantee that we can maintain a well-informed citizenry. — Scott Turow
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry. — Thomas Jefferson
We're developing a new citizenry. One that will be very selective about cereals and automobiles, but won't be able to think. — Rod Serling
The aspirations of democracy are based on the notion of an informed citizenry, capable of making wise decisions. The choices we are asked to make… — Ann Druyan
Rome tolerated every abominable practice, embraced every foul idea in the name of freedom and the rights of the common man. Citizens no longer carried… — Francine Rivers
I stayed only two days in the capital. I was welcomed by a cheering citizenry, who threw flowers at my head. It was disconcerting to… — Megan Whalen Turner
Where utopianism is advanced through gradualism rather than revolution, albeit steady and persistent as in democratic societies, it can deceive and disarm an unsuspecting population,… — Mark Levin
The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same… — H. L. Mencken
This has been the new normal since September 11. Everyone knows, but nobody says, that if something happens again, the elite consensus in this country,… — Charlie Pierce
An unvirtuous citizenry tend to elect representatives who will pander to their covetous lustings. — Ezra Taft Benson
Politics is about the participation and engagement of the wider citizenry - to miss that point would doom us to irrelevance. — David Blunkett
Sudan has been an experiment that resonated across Africa: if we, the largest country on the continent, reaching from the Sahara to the Congo, bridging… — Mo Ibrahim
The oil companies are gouging the American citizenry aggressively, relentlessly, and without any sense of conscience whatsoever. — Maurice Hinchey
It's clear price gouging... The oil companies are gouging the American citizenry aggressively, relentlessly, and without any sense of conscience whatsoever. — Maurice Hinchey
America's state religion, is patriotism, a phenomenon which has convinced many of the citizenry that reason is morally worse than murder or rape. — William Blum
A passive and ignorant citizenry will never create a sustainable world. — Unknown Author
These are dark times, there is no denying. Our world has perhaps faced no greater threat than it does today. But I say this to… — Harry Potter

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