Civics Quotes

153 Civics quotes by 130 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
What I find is most people have a civics book understanding for how Congress works and how a bill moves. — Sam Brownback
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
Civics is not only how to run the country before it's your turn to run the country; it is, in fact, the study of power,… — Richard Dreyfuss
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

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