Citizenship Quotes

448 Citizenship quotes by 261 unique authors

Our commitment should be to leave our environment in better shape than when we found it, our nation's fiscal house in better order, our public… — Eric Liu
True patriots measure themselves not by personal wealth or power but by the degree to which they contribute to the community. — Eric Liu
To love country means to rise above I am because I am. It is to recognize that I am because we are. — Eric Liu
Love of country cannot be a supersized version of individual narcissism. True love of country-of this country-is love of our children, of a creed that… — Eric Liu
At the heart of our public morality is the idea that he who gives generously is most virtuous and morally praiseworthy; that there is no… — Eric Liu
True patriots believe that we should measure a citizen's worth by contribution to country and community, not by wealth or power-that those whom America has… — Eric Liu
Perhaps only when people can enjoy their differences as a resource of cultural enrichment do they become truly civilized. — Herb Kawainui Kane
The true courage of civilized nations is readiness for sacrifice in the service of the state, so that the individual counts as only one amongst… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Every citizen of the republic ought to consider himself an unofficial policeman, and keep unsalaried watch and ward over the laws and their execution. — Mark Twain
Today, not a numerous, but an active part of the German people are beginning to realize, not that they have been led astray, not that… — Helmuth James Graf von Moltke
For what is meant by saying that a government ought to educate the people? Why should they be educated? What is the education for? Clearly,… — Herbert Spencer
For everybody has a natural right to defend his own person and property against aggressors, but also to go to the assistance and defence of… — Lysander Spooner
It is not in violence and crime that our greatest danger lies. These evils are so perfectly apparent that they very quickly arouse the moral… — Calvin Coolidge
I consider writing an act of good citizenship. — Kurt Vonnegut
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
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
Citizenship means standing up for everyone's right to vote.*** — Barack Obama
The true purpose of education is to prepare young men and women for effective citizenship in a free form of government. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Defending birthright citizenship is about being on the right side of liberty. The 14th Amendment is a great legacy of the Republican Party. — Mark McKinnon
Therefore one should speak at the same time of national citizenship and wider European citizenship. — Jacques Delors

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