Citizens Quotes

2419 Citizens quotes by 1406 unique authors

America has never been united by blood or birth or soil. We are bound by ideals that move us beyond our backgrounds, lift us above… — George W. Bush
Without free, self-respecting, and autonomous citizens there can be no free and independent nations. — Vaclav Havel
Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can… — Abraham Lincoln
Naive optimism and pervasive pessimism are both to be avoided, therefore. It's not an easy balance to maintain, to be asked to work away in… — Neal A. Maxwell
The systematic, wanton, and long continued agitation of the slavery question, with the actual and threatened aggressions of the Northern States and a portion of… — Isham G. Harris
He was a foe without hate; a friend without treachery; a soldier without cruelty; a victor without oppression, and a victim without murmuring. He was… — Unknown Author
People don't do good work when they feel like losers and are second-class citizens within their own company. — Jonah Peretti
Can the level of wealth enjoyed by members of capitalist culture (remembering that it is 25 times greater, on average, than that enjoyed by citizens… — Unknown Author
. . . indeed what reason may not go to Schoole to the wisdome of Bees, Ants, and Spiders? what wise hand teacheth them to… — Thomas Browne
To the free man, the country is the collection of individuals who compose it, not something over and above them. ... He recognizes no national… — Milton Friedman
Capitalism has been called a system of greed—yet it is the system that raised the standard of living of its poorest citizens to heights no… — Ayn Rand
Lenin is said to have declared that the best way to destroy the Capitalist System was to debauch the currency. By a continuing process of… — John Maynard Keynes
Truthfulness under oath is, by now, a matter of our civic religion, our relation to our fellow citizens rather than our relation to a nonhuman… — Richard Rorty
Citizens of liberal welfare states become increasingly narcissistic — Dennis Prager
The welfare state inhibits the maturation of its young citizens into responsible adults — Dennis Prager
Enough generations of socialist policies have now passed for us to judge their effects. They are bleak. Socialism undermines the character of a nation and… — Dennis Prager
It was a new kind of class war -- the people as citizens versus the politicians and their clients in the public sector. — Irving Kristol
Law-abiding citizens value privacy. Terrorists require invisibility. The two are not the same, and they should not be confused. — Richard Perle
Printing money is merely taxation in another form. Rather than robbing citizens of their money, government robs their money of its purchasing power. — Peter Schiff
We're supposed to show people how the world is, to give them the tools they need to make good decisions as citizens or consumers. Depending… — Michael Pollan
On the eve of my laying down office, with the inauguration of the Republic, I should like to tender my greetings and best wishes to… — C. Rajagopalachari
By encouraging its citizens to violate our border, Mexico is pushing a tremendous welfare burden off of its shoulders and onto ours, while also benefiting… — Spencer Bachus
Our German Fatherland to which I hope will be granted... to become in the future as closely united, as powerful, and as authoritative as once… — Wilhelm II
For all the casual slurs about 'cultural imperialism', British imperialists were more interested in other cultures than anybody before or since, and, if they hadn't… — Mark Steyn
Government health care changes the relationship between the citizen and the state, and, in fact, I think it's an assault on citizenship. — Mark Steyn

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