Citizens Quotes

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You and I, as citizens, have the obligation to shape the debates of our time, not only with the votes we cast, but the voices… — Barack Obama
That politician who curries favor with the citizens and indulges them and fawns upon them and has a presentiment of their wishes, and is skillful… — Plato
This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are. — Plato
I do, therefore, invite my fellow citizens . . . to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of… — Abraham Lincoln
The full horror of what has happened in the United States earlier today is now becoming clearer. It is hard even to contemplate the utter… — Tony Blair
The romantic idea is that everybody around a writer must suffer for his talent. I think a writer is a citizen of humanity, part of… — Irwin Shaw
I hurry to express to you and your fellow citizens my profound sorrow and my closeness in prayer for the nation at this dark and… — Pope John Paul II
The typical citizen drops down to a lower level of mental performance as soon as he enters the political field. He argues and analyzes in… — Joseph A. Schumpeter
The dominion which the banking institutions have obtained over the minds of our citizens...must be broken, or it will break us. — Thomas Jefferson
The first goal and primary function of the U.S. public school is not to educate good people, but good citizens. It is the function which… — Jonathan Kozol
There cannot be true democracy unless all citizens are able to participate fully in the lives of their country. — Hillary Clinton
That is why the Aethenian law makers so decreed it a crime for any citizen to shrink from controversy. I am asking your help in… — John F. Kennedy
To leave the number of births unrestricted, as is done in most states, inevitably causes poverty among the citizens, and poverty produces crime and faction. — Aristotle
Thank you for the opportunity for the Democratic Party and progressives to reclaim the votes of the sane citizens of these United States. — Jennifer Granholm
Michael Sanchez and I grew up in New Jersey, not far from here, playing soccer together. When I was in high school, I worked to… — Andrew Shue
People need immediate places to refresh, reinvent themselves. Our surroundings built and natural alike, have an immediate and a continuing effect on the way we… — Tony Hiss
New York's such a wonderful city. Although I was at the library today. The guy was very rude. I said, "I'd like a card." He… — Emo Philips
People, regardless of political views, matter in this state and in this country and in this world. And, you know, when people attack people's basic… — Clive Palmer
Russia has made its choice in favor of democracy. Fourteen years ago, independently, without any pressure from outside, it made that decision in the interests… — Vladimir Putin
In order to stave off covetouness, greed, and spite, citizens world over must be educated. — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
Those who deny the existence of a supreme being have been turned into second-class citizens by a government that continuously sends messages that 'real Americans'… — Michael Newdow
In the book, America had already been weakened by bio terror plagues before waves of selfish violence took down the rest. But the real enemy… — David Brin
A critical, independent and investigative press is the lifeblood of any democracy. The press must be free from state interference. It must have the economic… — Nelson Mandela
Politicians are always saying that they are in support of Iraqi citizens and now they are increasing the price of petrol. We were oppressed for… — Muhammad Ali
I'm not sure that the benefit - as a writer and as a citizen - that I would get from reading at least the front… — Sharon Olds

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