Citizens Quotes
2419 Citizens quotes by 1406 unique authors
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Every civilized society must disarm its citizens against each other.
— Garry Wills
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This house protected by an armed citizen. There is absolutely nothing here worth dying for.
— Patrick Henry
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It is to law alone that men owe justice and liberty. It is this salutary organ, of the will of all which establishes in civil…
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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By calling attention to 'a well regulated militia,' 'the security of the nation,' and the right of each citizen 'to keep and bear arms,' our…
— John F. Kennedy
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...that standing army can never be formidable (threatening) to the liberties of the people, while there is a large body of citizens, little if at…
— Alexander Hamilton
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You won't get gun control by disarming law-abiding citizens. There's only one way to get real gun control: Disarm the thugs and the criminals, lock…
— Ronald Reagan
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Here in the United States our Muslim citizens are making many contributions in business, science and law, medicine and education, and in other fields...[they are]upholding…
— George W. Bush
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Being myself a warm zealot for the attainment & enjoiment by all mankind of as much liberty as each may exercise without injury to the…
— Thomas Jefferson
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We owe gratitude to France, justice to England, good will to all, and subservience to none ... it was by the sober sense of our…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Man is very much a creature of habit. A thing that rarely strikes his senses will generally have but little influence upon his mind. A…
— Alexander Hamilton
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Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick. Although we all prefer to…
— Susan Sontag
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Finally, it is my most fervent prayer to that Almighty Being before whom I now stand, and who has kept us in His hands from…
— Andrew Jackson
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Islam is a vibrant faith. Millions of our fellow citizens are Muslim. We respect the faith. We honor its traditions. Our enemy does not. Our…
— George W. Bush
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Those who can serve best, those who help most, those who sacrifice most, those are the people who will be loved in life and honoured…
— Annie Besant
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The era of big government is over, but the era of big challenge is not. We need an era of big citizenship. There are many…
— William J. Clinton
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Our nation will succeed or fail to the degree that all of us - citizens and businesses alike - are active participanats in building strong,…
— Arnold Hiatt
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The agricultural population, says Cato, produces the bravest men, the most valiant soldiers, and a class of citizens the least given of all too evil…
— Pliny the Elder
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With psychedelics, if you're fortunate and break through, you understand what is truly of value in life. Material, power, dominance, and territory have no value.…
— Gary Fisher
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No citizen of this nation is worthy of the name unless he bears unswerving loyalty to the system under which he lives, the system that…
— John A. Hannah
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I support the boycott because I do not think at this stage there is any other way to make our authorities see and understand because…
— Yekaterina Samutsevich
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I think, at the end of the day, the most special thing is when a mother or a gay person comes up to you and…
— Brendon Ayanbadejo
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A mayor is a symbol and a public face of what a city bureaucracy provides its citizens.
— John Hickenlooper
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The lessons of the First Amendment are as urgent in the modern world as the 18th Century when it was written. One timeless lesson is…
— Anthony Kennedy
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Germans who wish to use firearms should join the SS or the SA - ordinary citizens don't need guns, as their having guns doesn't serve…
— Heinrich Himmler
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Gun Control: The theory that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her panty hose, is somehow morally superior to a…
— Heinrich Himmler
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