Citizens Quotes

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In conclusion I congratulate you, my fellow-citizens, upon the high state of prosperity to which the goodness of Divine Providence has conducted our common country.… — Zachary Taylor
Their racial characteristics are such that we cannot understand or trust even the citizen Japanese. — Henry L. Stimson
Doubts raced through my mind as I considered the feasibility of enforcing a law which the majority of honest citizens didn't seem to want. — Eliot Ness
But if writing about people who are not yourself is illegitimate, then the only legitimate work is autobiography; and as a reader and a citizen,… — Katherine Boo
When it comes to my rights as an American citizen, and yours, I am a triumphalist and an absolutist. Anything less is an insult, — James Meredith
So you know what we have to do is stop looking for leadership from the top, because the least among us make their way into… — Terence McKenna
We have outlived this embryo, this human cradle, and now it's time to be up and about the great business of becoming citizens of the… — Terence McKenna
What comes forth from you as an artist cannot be controlled. But you have responsibilities as a global citizen. Your history dictates your duty. And… — August Wilson
I believe it was God's will that we should come back, so that men might know the things that are in the world, since, as… — Marco Polo
And we think that our citizens and yours would be very angry if they thought that we hadnt taken every possible step for prevention and… — David Blunkett
Good government is that which delivers the citizen from being done out of his life and property too arbitrarily and violently-one that relieves him sufficiently… — H. L. Mencken
It is the invariable habit of bureaucracies, at all times and everywhere, to assume...that every citizen is a criminal. Their one apparent purpose, pursued with… — H. L. Mencken
It [the State] has taken on a vast mass of new duties and responsibilities; it has spread out its powers until they penetrate to every… — H. L. Mencken
The land on which they (the Founding Fathers) formed this Union was stolen. The hands with which they built this nation were enslaved. The women… — Melissa Harris-Perry
Women are prevented by the threat and reality of male violence from entering public space on equal terms with male citizens. — Sheila Jeffreys
In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law. — Calvin Coolidge
In the kingdom of consumption the citizen is king. A democratic monarchy: equality before consumption, fraternity in consumption, and freedom through consumption. — Raoul Vaneigem
Be assured, fellow citizens, that in a democracy it is the laws that guard the person of the citizen and the constitution of the state,… — Aeschines
Democracy destroys itself because it abuses its right to freedom and equality. Because it teaches its citizens to consider audacity as a right, lawlessness as… — Isocrates
The Savior’s words are simple, yet their meaning is profound and deeply significant. We are to love God and to love and care for our… — M. Russell Ballard
I don't believe in democracy. In the second place, neither did our white forefathers. I believe, as they did, in a republican authoritarian republic with… — George Lincoln Rockwell
Saving the world requires saving democracy. That requires well-informed citizens. Conservation, environment, poverty, community, education, family, health, economy- these combine to make one quest: liberty… — Carl Safina
Our government treats the LGBT community like second-class citizens. — Cindy McCain
The good news, though, is that I find in my political travels that people, as regular citizens, are more interested than ever in getting together… — Jim Hightower
The FDA calls certain substances "controlled." But there are no "controlled substances," there are only controlled citizens. — Thomas Szasz

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