Citizens Quotes

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This life as a simple citizen and laborer has its benefits not only for the person himself but perhaps also for his country. After all,… — David Ben-Gurion
The American citizen must be made aware that today a relatively small group of people is proclaiming its purposes to be the will of the… — William E. Simon
I confess that when I first read that smog is particularly hazardous to children, senior citizens, and physically active people, for a brief moment I… — Paula Poundstone
What is news? It's hard to quantify. Certainly news has changed completely, and the morning shows are not really designed to bring you the news,… — Harrison Ford
I am a Roman citizen. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The way I read Billy Carter's testimony, he was a model citizen himself until the voters went and ruined his life by making his brother… — Calvin Trillin
I once knew a chap who had a system of just hanging the baby on the clothes line to dry and he was greatly admired… — Damon Runyon
The oath of renunciation and allegiance is a solemn vow taken by thousands of immigrants each year to become a United States citizen. The oath… — Jim Ryun
The more sinful and guilty a person tends to feel, the less chance there is that he will be a happy, healthy, or law-abiding citizen.… — Albert Ellis
It hasn't been easy to find American citizens who are willing to pick fruit in 110 degree weather. — Fareed Zakaria
The law, which restrains a man from doing mischief to his fellow citizens, though it diminishes the natural, increases the civil liberty of mankind. — William Blackstone
Long lives aren't natural. We forget that senior citizens are as much an invention as toasters or penicillin. — Douglas Coupland
You would have a huge statelessness problem if you don't consider a child born abroad a U.S. citizen. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg
The government can give citizens opportunity and it's their responsibility to take advantage of it. — Michael Mandelbaum
I mean, everyone says Citizen Kane. It isn't that great, anyway. And Orson Welles I knew well, of course. He made other incredible films that… — Patrick Macnee
I think very poorly of United Russia. United Russia is the party of corruption, the party of crooks and thieves. And it is the duty… — Alexei Navalny
Our Hispanic community needs to understand how important the Social Security system is for not only its retired citizens, but also its disabled workers. — Grace Napolitano
Our political leaders must be honest and forthcoming with data that will allow citizens to use facts and figures to judge for themselves what state… — Grace Napolitano
A democracy is a state in which the poor, gaining the upper hand, kill some and banish others, and then divide the offices among the… — Plato
Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours. I am the fellow citizen of every… — Alphonse de Lamartine
Thou knowest how numerous this tribe is, how united and how powerful in the assemblies. I will plead in a low voice so that only… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The citizens of the United States cherish sentiments the most friendly in favor of liberty and happiness...beyond the Atlantic. In the wars of the European… — James Monroe
Imagine filling a college with the first 1,000 students to get perfect SATs. Whatever the racial composition of that class would be, the notion seems… — Eric Liu
You want to defend citizenship? Don't persecute or isolate those without papers. Just live like a citizen. That'd be a first-class way to be American. — Eric Liu
I am an Israeli-born American citizen. — Guy Oseary

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