Citizens Quotes

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Though it is very important for man as an individual that his religion should be true, that is not the case for society. Society has… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Justice is a commodity which in a more or less adulterated condition the State sells to the citizen as a reward for his allegiance, taxes… — Ambrose Bierce
The Constitution they wrote was designed to protect the rights of white, male citizens. As there were no black Founding Fathers, there were no founding… — Shirley Chisholm
I was the first American citizen to be elected to Congress in spite of the double drawbacks of being female and having skin darkened by… — Shirley Chisholm
Liberty cannot be guaranteed by law. Nor by any thing else except the resolution of free citizens to defend their liberties. — Edward Abbey
All the capital employed in paper speculation is barren and useless, producing, like that on a gaming table, no accession to itself, and is withdrawn… — Thomas Jefferson
The system of banking have[for]ever reprobated. I contemplate it as a blot left in all our Constitutions, which, if not covered, will end in their… — Thomas Jefferson
The American elite is almost beyond redemption. . . . Moral relativism has set in so deeply that the gilded classes have become incapable of… — Charles Dickens
I am far from denying that newspapers in democratic countries lead citizens to do very ill-considered things in common; but without newspapers there would be… — Alexis de Tocqueville
When under the pretext of fraternity, the legal code imposes mutual sacrifices on the citizens, human nature is not thereby abrogated. Everyone will then direct… — Frederic Bastiat
I agree with you that it is the duty of every good citizen to use all the opportunities, which occur to him, for preserving documents… — Thomas Jefferson
The most sacred of the duties of a government [is] to do equal and impartial justice to all its citizens. — Thomas Jefferson
Laws abridging the natural right of the citizen should be restrained by rigorous constructions within their narrowest limits. — Thomas Jefferson
The mass of the citizens is the safest depositary of their own rights. — Thomas Jefferson
To all general purposes we have uniformly been one people each individual citizen everywhere enjoying the same national rights, privileges, and protection. — Alexander Hamilton
The great mass of our citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions. — George Washington
At my age, and in my circumstances, what sinister object, or personal emolument had I to seek after, in this life? The growing infirmities of… — George Washington
While we are zealously performing the duties of good citizens and soldiers, we certainly ought not to be inattentive to the higher duties of religion.… — George Washington
Call to mind the sentiments which nature has engraved on the heart of every citizen, and which take a new force when they are solemnly… — Thomas Paine
Of course, Ankh-Morpork's citizens had always claimed that the river water was incredibly pure. Any water that had passed through so many kidneys, they reasoned,… — Terry Pratchett
There is probably no more obnoxious class of citizen, taken end for end, than the returning vacationist. — Robert Benchley
The Constitution is colorblind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. — John Marshall
Our Constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. In respect of civil rights, all citizens are equal before the law. The… — John Marshall
Among the features peculiar to the political system of the United States, is the perfect equality of rights which it secures to every religious sectEqual… — James Madison
I appear, my fellow-citizens, in your presence and in that of Heaven to bind myself by the solemnities of religious obligation to the faithful performance… — John Quincy Adams

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