Citizens Quotes

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The life of every citizen is becoming a business. This, it seems to me, is one of the worst interpretations of the meaning of human… — Saul Bellow
The key fallacy of so called gun control laws is that such laws do not in fact control guns. They simply disarm law abiding citizens,… — Thomas Sowell
No country on Earth would tolerate missiles raining down on its citizens from outside its borders. — Barack Obama
We must build a world free of unnecessary barriers, stereotypes, and discrimination. ... policies must be developed, attitudes must be shaped, and buildings and organizations… — Barack Obama
Democracy is the only system capable of reflecting the humanist premise of equilibrium or balance. The key to its secret is the involvement of the… — John Ralston Saul
In great cities, spaces as well as places are designed and built: walking, witnessing, being in public, are as much part of the design and… — Rebecca Solnit
I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others... An honest… — Thomas Jefferson
A good education prepares a child to be a good employee and a good citizen-in that order, with the importance of the former never exceeding… — Cullen Hightower
Each of us, as citizens, has a role to play in creating a better world for our children — Nelson Mandela
To carry adequate life insurance is a moral obligation incumbent upon the great majority of citizens. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
The sole motivating factor behind the death penalty is vengeance, not justice, and I firmly believe that a government that forbids killing among its citizens… — Larry Flynt
America is a melting pot, and education has been a mainspring for our democracy and freedom, a means of providing gifts of knowledge and opportunity… — Ronald Reagan
Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home - so close and so small that they cannot be seen… — Eleanor Roosevelt
Compassion allows us to understand that, as citizens of the planet, we’re all in this together and that in order to ensure our survival we… — Debbie Ford
Every good citizen adds to the strength of a nation — Gordon B. Hinckley
Modern totalitarianism can be defined as the establishment, by means of the state of exception, of a legal civil war that allows for the physical… — Giorgio Agamben
It has often been found that profuse expenditures, heavy taxation, absurd commercial restrictions, corrupt tribunals, disastrous wars, seditions, persecutions, conflagrations, inundation, have not been able… — Thomas B. Macaulay
Adelaide was the first city in Australia, if not in the world, to provide for the health and recreation of all its citizens. — Robin Boyd
In a world that might say one vote doesn't matter..., it does matter because each person is of infinite worth and value to God... Your… — Billy Graham
There should exist among the citizens neither extreme poverty nor again excessive wealth, for both are productive of great evil. — Plato
It is no coincidence that the American hunter is the most patriotic of all our citizens. Who cares more for this land's beauties than he? — Fred Bear
An enlightened citizenry is indispensable for the proper functioning of a republic. Self-government is not possible unless the citizens are educated sufficiently to enable them… — Thomas Jefferson
Do your duty as an American, and as a citizen of the galaxy... Vote! — George Takei
He struck a mighty blow for equality, freedom and the American way of life. Jackie Robinson was a good citizen, a great man, and a… — Ronald Reagan
The only way the kingdom of God is going to be manifest in this world before Christ comes is if we manifest it by the… — R C Sproul

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