Civics Quotes
153 Civics quotes by 130 unique authors
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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
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The freedoms that people have that flow from all civic institutions fundamentally come from the success of a market system.
— Lee R. Raymond
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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There's a generation of people I think without a strong connection to family, to religion, to civic duty. They have a real disassociation from the…
— Tim Heidecker
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If we would accept heaven's life, we need by all means to live in the world and to participate in its duties and affairs. In…
— Emanuel Swedenborg
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Third, and finally, the educated citizen has an obligation to uphold the law. This is the obligation of every citizen in a free and peaceful…
— John F. Kennedy
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I grew up in Minnesota, where we treasure our tradition of civic engagement - and our record of having the nation's highest voter participation.
— Al Franken
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Distrust of authority should be the first civic duty.
— Norman Douglas
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If adolescent pregnancy prevention is to become a priority, then our strategy, as advocates, must contain two key elements: civic engagement and education.
— Jane Fonda
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What's similar between Britain and America is the lack of good-quality civic buildings.
— Zaha Hadid
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Voting is a civic sacrament.
— Theodore Hesburgh
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There's a civic nationalism in Britain and dozens of other countries.
— Michael Ignatieff
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A constitutional democracy is in serious trouble if its citizenry does not have a certain degree of education and civic virtue.
— Phillip E. Johnson
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When Hegel later became a man of influence' he insisted that the Jews should be granted equal rights because civic rights belong to man because…
— Walter Kaufmann
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The fact that so many of your people are today residents and citizens of the United States, lending their influence to our civic and economic…
— Frank B. Kellogg
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I believe an invitation from the Commission on Presidential Debates is similar to a draft notice - a civic responsibility.
— Jim Lehrer
Who Wrote These Civics Quotes
130 authors contributed a total of 153 Civics Quotes, led by these top contributors: