Civics Quotes

153 quotes by 130 authors

You might not think of something like TurboTax as a civic venture, but that product took a confusing interface to a government process and made… — Jennifer Pahlka
Heaven was not so far away in the eyes of these people (the Maya), who believed that individual, civic and social truths could be revealed… — Unknown Author
When you go to a church and you see the pastor of that church with a philosophy and a program that's designed to bring black… — Malcolm X
Democracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark. — William James
The apex of my civic pride and personal contentment was reached on the bright September morning when I entered the public school. — Mary Antin
If America is to be great in the future, it will be if we understand that our source is not civic and temporal, but our… — John Ashcroft
Life in this society being, at best, an utter bore and no aspect of society being at all relevant to women, there remains to civic-minded,… — Valerie Solanas
To Jane Jacobâ€™s three traditional urban values of civic space, human scale and diversity, the current environmental imperative adds two more: conservation and regionalism. — Peter Calthorpe
Architecture is really about well-being. I think that people want to feel good in a space... On the one hand it's about shelter, but it's… — Zaha Hadid
I have written on numerous occasions thatÂ there is no distinction in the American Muslim community between peaceful Muslims and jihadists. While Americans prefer to… — Robert Spencer
We can find common qualities and common values that have made Britain the country it is. Our belief in tolerance and liberty which shines through… — Gordon Brown
The Declaration of Independence summarizes the civic principles of American life. It agrees with this biblical perspective when it affirms that we are all created… — Alan Keyes
What excites and interests the looker-on at life, what the romances and the statues celebrate, and the grim civic monuments remind us of, is the… — William James
Ladies, we must remind ourselves that the weapon of the vote will be for us, just as it is for man, the only means of… — Unknown Author
I think there is a new awareness in this 21st century that design is as important to where and how we live as it is… — Daniel Libeskind
It is poor civic hygiene to install technologies that could someday facilitate a police state. — Bruce Schneier
Naive optimism and pervasive pessimism are both to be avoided, therefore. It's not an easy balance to maintain, to be asked to work away in… — Neal A. Maxwell
Material objectives consume too much of our attention. The struggle for what we need or for more than we need exhausts our time and energy.… — Marion D. Hanks
Truthfulness under oath is, by now, a matter of our civic religion, our relation to our fellow citizens rather than our relation to a nonhuman… — Richard Rorty
The first lesson in civics is that efficient government begins at home. — Charles Evans Hughes

Who Wrote These Civics Quotes

130 authors contributed a total of 153 Civics Quotes, led by these top contributors: