Civics Quotes

153 Civics quotes by 130 unique authors

From the right, you get demagogues shouting about brown-skinned anchor babies and clamoring to deport the undocumented. From the left, you get advocacy for the… — Eric Liu
Corporations often partner with government after natural disasters, as many companies did in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. As a rule, however, long-term… — Simon Mainwaring
Nobody wants to buy a $60,000 electric Civic. But people will pay $90,000 for an electric sports car. — Elon Musk
It is the State which educates its citizens in civic virtue, gives them a consciousness of their mission and welds them into unity. — Benito Mussolini
Half the states have stopped making civics and government a requirement for high school. Half. — Sandra Day O'Connor
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

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