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164 Civic quotes by 138 unique authors

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
There are moments in Life when keeping silent becomes a fault, and speaking an obligation. A civic duty, a moral challenge, a categorical imperative from… — Oriana Fallaci
The practice of architecture not only requires participation in the profession but it also requires civic engagement. — Samuel
Everyone knows that our current system is kind of like legalized prostitution. The corporate sector completely controls the civic sector. — Peter Coyote
The Civic Culture (and The Civic Culture Revisited) remains the best study of comparative political culture in our time. — Aaron Wildavsky
When civic leaders are in love with their cities they are listened to; they are credible. — Pier Giorgio Di Cicco
Ring out false pride in place and blood, The civic slander and the spite; Ring in the love of truth and right, Ring in the… — Alfred the Great
The Army is the most outstanding institution in every country, for it alone makes possible the existence of all civic institutions. — Helmuth James Graf von Moltke
Much of America is now in need of an equivalent of Mrs. Thatcher's privatization program in 1980s Britain, or post-Soviet Eastern Europe's economic liberalization in… — Mark Steyn
Greek philosophers considered sport a religious and civic-in a word, moral-undertaking. Sport, they said, is morally serious because mankind's noblest aim is the loving contemplation… — George Will
My parents were devoted. Civic minded. We had family counsels. Three of us children against two of them. We lived a 'Leave It to Beaver'… — Sissy Spacek
The national parklands have a major role in providing superlative opportunities for outdoor recreation, but they have other people serving values. They can provide an… — Stewart Udall
[May] this civic and social landmark [the Washington, D.C., Jewish Community Center] ... be a constant reminder of the inspiring service that has been rendered… — Calvin Coolidge
But look what we have built low-income projects that become worse centers of delinquency, vandalism and general social hopelessness than the slums they were supposed… — Jane Jacobs
Given political history in Chile, it seemed to me that there was a critical task of consolidating a democracy and creating healthy civic-military and political-military… — Michelle Bachelet
Bengalis love to celebrate their language, their culture, their politics, their fierce attachment to a city that has been famously dying for more than a… — Bharati Mukherjee
I'd hate to imply that it's your civic duty to see The House I Live In, but guess what it is. — Ty Burr
The walls are raised against honest men in civic life. — William Henry O'Connell
Students who are interested in learning about the environment should not be dissuaded from doing so, but only if they have proved their proficiency in… — George Nethercutt
The freedoms that people have that flow from all civic institutions fundamentally come from the success of a market system. — Lee R. Raymond
I think that Election Day is the closest thing we have to a civic sacrament, when people meet their neighbors at the firehouse or the… — Judy Woodruff
No nation can be really great unless it is great in peace, in industry, integrity, honesty. Skilled intelligence in civic affairs and industrial enterprises alike;… — Theodore Roosevelt
Every thinking man, when he thinks, realizes that the teachings of the Bible are so interwoven and intertwined with our whole civic and social life… — Theodore Roosevelt
Thus I began my systematic though half-bewildered tour of Innsmouth's narrow, shadow-blighted ways. Crossing the bridge and turning toward the roar of the lower falls,… — H P Lovecraft
The square was finally cleared by armed carabineri with tears of laughter streaming down their faces. The event set a record for hilarious civic functions,… — Mike Harding

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