Citizens Quotes

2419 Citizens quotes by 1406 unique authors

In time of this grave national danger, when all excess income should go to win the war, no American citizen ought to have a net… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
A state that denies its citizens their basic rights becomes a danger to its neighbors as well: internal arbitrary rule will be reflected in arbitrary… — Vaclav Havel
While the Christian faith clearly teaches that believers are to be involved as good citizens in the state, nevertheless, it is obvious why so many… — J.P. Moreland
So long as the Constitution is not amended beyond recognition, so long as elections are held regularly and fairly and the ethos of secularism broadly… — Ramachandra Guha
A book is a private thing, citizen; it belongs to the one who writes it and to the one who reads it. Like the mind… — Rikki Ducornet
I wish our country could be a free and happy one. Every citizen need not go against their conscience and can find their own place… — Xu Zhiyong
If you care about this country, if you want to take part in a citizen’s movement that helps heal the deep racial, economic, and cultural… — Unknown Author
Not even the most heavily-armed police state can exert brute force to all of its citizens all of the time. Meme management is so much… — Peter Watts
I am not the President. Instead, I hold an even higher office, that of citizen of the United States. — Martin Sheen
The British government has urged its citizens to abstain from alcohol at least two days a week. Or to make it easier to remember, whenever… — Conan O'Brien
We've come to this dark time in which the new Gestapo of Homeland Security lurks here, where citizens are having their rights suspended. — Harry Belafonte
I am raising my voice as a citizen of the country. I don?t want to enter politics. — Aamir Khan
The entire future of marriage rests with Justice Anthony Kennedy, the man who declared in Citizens United that corporations are people with constitutional rights. I… — Stephen Colbert
We reject the use of national security letters to spy on citizens who are not suspected of a crime. — Barack Obama
If democracy were to be given any meaning, if it were to go beyond the limits of capitalism and nationalism, this would not come, if… — Howard Zinn
Voting is easy and marginally useful, but it is a poor substitute for democracy, which requires direct action by concerned citizens. — Howard Zinn
Every child should be given the right to grow up and become a productive citizen. This will not happen unless, at the very least, basic… — Pamela Sue Martin
Latinos are here to stay. As citizen Raquel, I'm proud to be Latina. — Raquel Welch
I don't want to run for governor, but I don't think anyone should put public service out of the question because that's not what a… — Warren Beatty
The idea that each corporation can be a feudal monarchy and yet behave in its corporate action like a democratic citizen concerned for the world… — Kim Stanley
Among American citizens, there should be no forgotten men and no forgotten races. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
But I'm a citizen of Texas and try to spend most of my time there. — Thomas Haden Church
The crucial distinction between systems...was no longer ideological. The main political difference was between those who did, and those who did not, believe that the citizen… — Christopher Hitchens
No sense in being a grifter if it's the same as being a citizen. — Paul Newman
Undeniably, character does count for our citizens, out communities, and our Nation, and this week we celebrate the importance of character in our individual lives...… — William J. Clinton

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