Citizens Quotes

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Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim tribute to… — George Washington
...if the citizens neglect their Duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted; laws will be made, not for the… — Noah Webster
A state is nothing more than a reflection of its citizens; the more decent the citizens, the more decent the state. — Ronald Reagan
When a legislature undertakes to proscribe the exercise of a citizen's constitutional rights it acts lawlessly and the citizen can take matters into his own… — William O. Douglas
The American Dream was not about government's taking huge sums of money (under the label of "taxation") from citizens by force. The American Dream was… — Robert Ringer
The police can't stop an intruder, mugger, or stalker from hurting you. They can pursue him only after he has hurt or killed you. Protecting… — Harry Browne
I think we need to find out why the citizens of the world's wealthiest, most envied, most powerful country are so cynical, so distressed, so… — William Bennett
Public works are not accomplished by the miraculous power of a magic wand. They are paid for by funds taken away from the citizens. — Ludwig von Mises
If [drugs] didn't exist, our government would have to invent them, the better to enact laws aimed at keeping the citizens "sinless and obedient." — Gore Vidal
Going to war accelerated the move from indirect to direct rule. Almost any state that makes war finds that it cannot pay for the effort… — Charles Tilly
The leviathan state, that monster devouring civilization in this century, is in the throes of death. This is not a wish or a prediction, but… — Llewellyn Rockwell
The American people, North and South, went into the [Civil] war as citizens of their respective states, they came out as subjects ... what they… — H. L. Mencken
In a republican nation whose citizens are to be led by reason and persuasion and not by force, the art of reasoning becomes of first… — Thomas Jefferson
The liberty the citizen enjoys is to be measured not by governmental machinery he lives under, whether representative or other, but by the paucity of… — Herbert Spencer
Twenty centuries of 'progress' have brought the average citizen a vote, a national anthem, a Ford, a bank account, and a high opinion of himself,… — Aldo Leopold
The specific goals we set for ourselves are almost always subsidiary to our long range intentions. A good parent, a good neighbour, a good citizen,… — Gordon W. Allport
In the laboratory there are no fustian ranks, no brummagem aristocracies; the domain of Science is a republic, and all its citizens are brothers and… — Mark Twain
The combined efforts of millions of concerned citizens could do wonders to help the impoverished. The American people are ready for action! — Barbara Boxer
American citizens are instrumental in carrying on a traffic in enslaved Africans, equally in violation of the laws of humanity and in defiance of those… — James Madison
To instruct the mass of our citizens in these, their rights, interests and duties, as men and citizens...this brings us to the point at which… — Thomas Jefferson

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