Citizens Quotes
2419 Citizens quotes by 1406 unique authors
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The law has been perverted, and the powers of the state have become perverted along with it. The law has not only been turned from…
— Frederic Bastiat
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In these sad and ominous days of mad fortune chasing, every patriotic, thoughtful citizen, whether he fishes or not, should lament that we have not…
— Grover Cleveland
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It is rather the nature of America - our freewheeling, outspoken, prosperous, liberty-loving citizens extend equality to women, homosexuals, minorities, and almost anyone who comes…
— Victor Davis Hanson
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Most of the State of the Union will not be about Iraq. Most of the State of the Union will be about improving America's economy…
— Ari Fleischer
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In the Federal Government, electronic records are as indispensable as their paper counterparts for documenting citizens' rights, the actions for which officials are accountable, and…
— Allen Weinstein
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Here is one optimists reason for believing unity will prevail ... within the next hundred years ... nationhood as we know it will be obsolete;…
— Strobe Talbott
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The long fight to save wild beauty represents democracy at its best. It requires citizens to practice the hardest of virtues--self-restraint. Why cannot I take…
— Edwin Way Teale
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The Arab soul is broken by poverty, unemployment, and general recession. The Tunisian revolution is not far from us. The Arab citizen entered an unprecedented…
— Amr Moussa
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I am so proud of Michigan's citizens for the kindness and generosity they have shown in assisting in this endeavor. It is truly heartwarming to…
— Jennifer Granholm
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We are taking the steps necessary to be ready to send whatever assistance is requested of us, and we are preparing to receive citizens who…
— Jennifer Granholm
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You see, I'm a mighty proud gal and I can't for the life of me, find any valid reason why anyone should lie about their…
— Fredi Washington
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Moreover, the sciences are monuments devoted to the public good; each citizen owes to them a tribute proportional to his talents. While the great men,…
— Charles-Augustin de Coulomb
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I say we must have a movement that brings those troops home and launch a crusade to transform our school buildings, we launch a crusade…
— Unknown Author
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There is no method by which an average citizen can effectively fight the White House in the media.
— Linda Tripp
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We are all actors: being a citizen is not living in society, it is changing it.
— Augusto Boal
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I asked myself, 'How are you going to change all these people, they have different values, different customs, different language, different interpretations?' So that’s the…
— Jacque Fresco
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All Citizens United did was to level the playing field for corporate speech. We now have, I think, the most free and open system we've…
— Mitch McConnell
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Having spent 37 years of my life in the military as a reservist, and never having met a gay in all of that time, and…
— Barry Goldwater
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From a parent's right to know what their children are doing, to protecting citizens across the country from the growing threat of gang violence, the…
— Virginia Foxx
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The Republic guarantees religious and civil liberty, equal rights and equal opportunities to all its citizens, and declares its resolve to pursue the happiness and…
— Patrick Pearse
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No one in government should ever think that the citizens they work for can't or won't scrutinize their actions
— Roy Barnes
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Consent of the Networked will become the seminal book firmly establishing the responsibility of those who control the architecture and the politics of the network…
— Joichi Ito
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The State claims and exercises the monopoly of crime. It forbids private murder, but itself organizes murder on a colossal scale. It punishes private theft,…
— Albert J. Nock
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Income and inheritance taxes imply the denial of private property, and in that are different in principle from all other taxes. The government says to…
— Frank Chodorov
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The American people already know that Bill Clinton is a bad boy, a naughty boy. I'm going to speak out for the citizens of my…
— Larry Craig
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