Citizens Quotes

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We shall soon be obliged to meet in cellars, or in darkened rooms with closed doors, and speak in whispers lest our next door neighbors… — Emma Goldman
There is a denial of the value of the individual. Christianity affirms the value of each individual soul. Nazism denies it. The individual is sacrificed… — Clement Attlee
When we are returned to power we want to put in the statute book an act which will make our people citizens of the world… — Clement Attlee
The key to any successful plan is buy-in from the public, and what this process has demonstrated is the importance of including citizens in formulating… — Ron Kind
A law is something which must have a moral basis, so that there is an inner compelling force for every citizen to obey. — Chaim Weizmann
A prominent judge was asked what we, as citizens of the countries of the world, could do to reduce crime and disobedience to law and… — Thomas S. Monson
My favorite quote: The land ethic simply enlarges the boundaries of the community to include soils, waters, plants, and animals, or collectively: the land... In… — Aldo Leopold
Apollo without Dionysus may indeed be a well-informed, good citizen but he's a dull fellow. He may even be 'cultured,' in the sense one often… — Jerome Bruner
The minute you had kids you closed ranks. You didn't plan this in advance, but it happened. Families were like individual, discrete, moated island nations.… — Meg Wolitzer
A citizen of the Roman Empire, for example, would have placed less value on individual liberty in the modern Western sense than on collective responsibility. — Stephen Baxter
Whereas, Slavery, throughout its entire existence in the United States is none other than a most barbarous, unprovoked, and unjustifiable War of one portion of… — John Brown
Overregulation corrupts citizens and weakens the rule of law. — Lawrence Lessig
In its proper constitutional sense, the term [militia] means all the able-bodied people who can be trained and disciplined to act in the community’s defence… — Alan Keyes
The gun control mentality is ruthlessly absurd. It suggests that you pass a law which will bind law-abiding citizens — they won't have access to… — Alan Keyes
Do we really think that a government-dominated education is going to produce citizens capable of dominating their government, as the education of a truly vigilant… — Alan Keyes
If our children are healthy, they'll develop into their full potential and become wonderful tax-paying citizens sometime, — Unknown Author
We now live in an amazing digital world, and television is firmly part of that brave new world. Television is still the way to reach… — Neelie Kroes
Eligible citizens from any State in the Union can serve in the Border Protection Corps of that State — John Culberson
For those who fancy that government's projects are uniquely important, or for those who imagine that holding government office makes someone unusually saintly or trustworthy,… — Donald J. Boudreaux
Politicians detest self-sufficient citizens. Politicians need to be needed. When we get socialized medicine, you will be completely dependent upon politicians for your medical care,… — Neal Boortz
A citizen of the world in the fullest sense - one whose vision and culture gave him a deep empathy with fellow human beings of… — Kofi Annan
It is interesting to observe that in the year 1935 the average individual's incurious attitude towards the phenomenon of the State is precisely what his… — Albert J. Nock
In England it is enough for a man to try and produce any serious, beautiful work to lose all his rights as a citizen. — Oscar Wilde
I believe all Americans are born with certain inalienable rights. As a child of God, I believe my rights are not derived from the constitution.… — Joe Biden
Matt Mason must be declared the poet laureate of the Midwest! No other native son celebrates the overlooked America, its unsung citizens (from the anonymous… — Unknown Author

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