Civics Quotes

153 Civics quotes by 130 unique authors

If parents instill a sense of civic-mindedness - and there is no better way to do that than by example - their children will probably… — Sandra Day O'Connor
I had become increasingly concerned in recent years about the lack of civics education in our nation's schools. In recent years, the schools have stopped… — Sandra Day O'Connor
I think we may be seeing the beginnings of a resurgence of civic-mindedness in this country. Hopefully the younger generations, which came out in record… — Sandra Day O'Connor
If there were some recipe that would make all of our children really sane and civic-minded and hugely intelligent, I think we'd probably all do… — Amanda Peet
Voting is a civic sacrament - the highest responsibility we have as Americans. — Christine Pelosi
You can bring your children under age 18 into the voting booth with you. Many families do so as a way to teach civic responsibility. — Christine Pelosi
Religiosity turns out to be the best indicator of civic involvement: it's more accurate than education, age, income, gender or race. — Jonathan Sacks
Frequent worshippers are also significantly more active citizens. They are more likely to belong to community organizations, especially those concerned with young people, health, arts… — Jonathan Sacks
In her religious role, the Queen is head of the Church of England, but in her civic role she cares for all her subjects, and… — Jonathan Sacks
I think we're going to start to see a new model of civic advocacy where people get together once in a while to protest, but… — Alex Steffen
There is this absurd assumption that the revitalisation of the public sphere is always a good thing. I think people tend to confuse 'civic' and… — Evgeny Morozov
Big business increasingly likes to portray itself as socially concerned, adopting the style of civic action through 'campaigns' of varying degrees of cynicism. — Geoff Mulgan
A decline in courage may be the most striking feature that an outside observer notices in the West today. The Western world has lost its… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Men who find themselves late are never sure. They are all the things the civics books tell us the good citizen should be: partisans but… — Stephen King
Skepticism is the agent of reason against organized irrationalism--and is therefore one of the keys to human social and civic decency. — Stephen Jay Gould
The teachings of the Bible are so interwoven and entwined with our whole civic and social life that it would be literally impossible for us… — Theodore Roosevelt
The writer’s job is to write with rigor, with commitment, to defend what they believe with all the talent they have. I think that’s part… — Mario Vargas Llosa
Too often students are being taught to read as if literature were some kind of ethics class or civics class—or worse, some kind of self-help… — Francine Prose
Paying tax should be framed as a glorious civic duty worthy of gratitude - not a punishment for making money. — Alain de Botton
Thus we can see that – at least at the level of economics – democracy is a sort of slow-motion suicide, in which you are… — Stefan Molyneux
What if one happens to be possessed of a heart that can’t be trusted—? What if the heart, for its own unfathomable reasons, leads one… — Donna Tartt
You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that. — Arthur Ashe
To me, money is a means to do good. I reached a point in my life where I had enjoyed tremendous business success that afforded… — Eli Broad
Rand Paul comes off like an academic stiff who wants to give us a lecture on American civics. — Mark McKinnon
I wanted to be what my high-school civics and history teacher thought of as a good American. That automatically involved taking an interest in government. — Olivia De Havilland

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