Citizens Quotes

2419 Citizens quotes by 1406 unique authors

If an American is concerned only about his nation, he will not be concerned about the peoples of Asia, Africa, or South America. Is this… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The role of citizen in our democracy does not end with your vote. — Barack Obama
Let us give up our longing for welfare, our love of war, and our desire to see the government control and shape our fellow citizens.… — Ron Paul
Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state has become lawless or corrupt. And a citizen who barters with such a state shares in… — Mahatma Gandhi
You are here to step into the shoes of UN ambassadors - to draft resolutions, to plot strategy, to negotiate with your allies as well… — Ban Ki-moon
Powerful people doing bad things LIKE cynical, despairing citizens. — Alex Steffen
I'm not a politician by profession. I am a citizen who decided I had to be personally involved. — Ronald Reagan
Do you think it's so snobbish, to want to see something besides one's fellow citizens abroad? — Sinclair Lewis
When government is invested with money power it rises above the citizen and under the profession of protecting him may actually constitute the greatest threat… — E.C. Riegel
Money power means budget power and it is folly to imagine that the citizen can control government unless he can control its budget. — E.C. Riegel
Citizens ... should be practitioners of civic virtue in their conduct toward government. They should be ever willing to fulfill the duties of citizenship. This… — Dallin H. Oaks
Every state begins in compulsion; but the habits of obedience become the content of conscience, and soon every citizen thrills with loyalty to the flag.… — Will Durant
There is no better illustration of that crisis than the fact that the president is openly violating our nation's laws by authorizing the NSA to… — John Conyers
We have much to contribute to the world; ways of knowing and being that are going to be essential to everyone's survival on our planet.… — Patrick Dodson
It taught me that Clinton's instinct to make this about your life as a citizen, rather than his as a human being, was the right… — Paul Begala
Strictly speaking, every citizen above a certain level of income is guilty of some offense. — Max Frisch
I'm a very bad citizen. I've never even voted. — Jerry Hall
We care little about what the average citizen thinks. — Tom Metzger
You're a sovereign as a citizen. If you're not involved in your government, you're not doing your job. In the long run that's very bad… — Michael Novak
My personality is that I'm a human being like everybody else, just a citizen and a blue collar guy. — Lee Greenwood
I'm a Canadian citizen. But I always want to feel at home in Sri Lanka. I'm a member of both countries. — Michael Ondaatje
But I don't want anybody to say have the right to say well if you bloody Brits don't like it go home. And they have… — Lynn Redgrave
The Fuhrer is always right. Every last citizen must say this. — Robert Ley
No longer should women be denied the right to vote, no longer should women be treated as second class citizens, no longer should women not… — Ginny Brown-Waite
During my 8 years as chairman, I had the privilege to peer into the future to see dynamic citizen astronauts returning to and from the… — Dana Rohrabacher

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