Citizens Quotes
- The IRS has become morally corrupted by the enormous power which we in Congress have unwisely entrusted to it. Too often it acts like a… — Edward V. Long
- The citizens of America have too much discernment to be argued into anarchy. And I am much mistaken, if experience has not wrought a deep… — Alexander Hamilton
- The Constitution shall never be construed . . . to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own… — Samuel Adams
- Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving to the citizen as much freedom of action and of being as comports with order and… — James F. Cooper
- What citizens of a free country would listen to any offers of good and skillful administration in return for the abdication of freedom? — John Stuart Mill
- After ensuring border security, I then would normalize the status of 11 million undocumented citizens so they can join the work force and pay taxes...I… — Rand Paul
- Told reporters Wednesday he can support a pathway to citizenship for some of the 11 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. and that he actually… — Darrell Issa
- I do not want two classes of citizens in this country. I want everybody to prosper. That's going to be a top priority. — Barack Obama
- The system isn't working when 12 million people live in hiding, and hundreds of thousands cross our borders illegally each year; when companies hire undocumented… — Barack Obama
- If we are going to solve the challenges we face, you need a President who will pursue genuine solutions day in and day out. And… — Barack Obama
- For one, we very much need in any immigration bill - we need protection for people who are in this country and who have not… — Ronald Reagan
- It is said that the quality of recent immigration is undesirable. The time is quite within recent memory when the same thing was said of… — Grover Cleveland
- I think that the American people should rest assured and be assured that every federal agency that has a role to play in this terrorism… — Hugh Shelton
- It is changing the face of terrorism. It is basically bringing it to the United States, to our great citizens. We know the terrorists are… — Hugh Shelton
- Novelist-Citizen of Two Countries Interpreter of his Generation on both Sides of the Sea. — Henry James
- To be born in a free society and not to be born free is to be born into a lie. To be told by co-citizens… — James A. Baldwin
- It is not healthy when a nation lives within a nation, as colored Americans are living inside America. A nation cannot live confident of its… — Pearl S. Buck
- I think it is a great error to consider a heavy tax on wines as a tax on luxury. On the contrary, it is a… — Thomas Jefferson
- Any attempt to disturb the deadly routine of instruction is looked upon as sabotage. And the notion that the aims and functions of education should… — Charles Ferguson
- This country can have no more democracy than it accords and guarantees to the humblest and weakest citizen. — James Weldon Johnson