Good Citizens Quotes
37 quotes by 30 authors
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Ants are good citizens; they place group interest first. But they carry it so far, they have few or no political rights. An ant doesn't…
— Clarence Day
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Time indeed changes manners and notions, and so far we must expect institutions to bend to them. But time produces also corruption of principles, and…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Good ball players make good citizens.
— Grover Cleveland
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Ants are good citizens: they place group interests first.
— Clarence Day
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Americans want students to get the best education possible. We want schools to prepare children to become good citizens and members of a prosperous American…
— Bill Gates
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While the Christian faith clearly teaches that believers are to be involved as good citizens in the state, nevertheless, it is obvious why so many…
— J.P. Moreland
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It may sound funny, but I love the South. I don't choose to live anywhere else. There's land here, where a man can raise cattle,…
— Medgar Evers
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While we are zealously performing the duties of good citizens and soldiers, we certainly ought not to be inattentive to the higher duties of religion.…
— George Washington
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The first goal and primary function of the U.S. public school is not to educate good people, but good citizens. It is the function which…
— Jonathan Kozol
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I'd like to say to the good citizens of Dover: If there is a disaster in your area, don't turn to God, you just rejected…
— Pat Robertson
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We need to become good citizens in the global village, instead of competing. What are we competing for - to drive more cars, eat more…
— Yuan T. Lee
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Civilization is built on a number of ultimate principles... respect for human life, the punishment of crimes against property and persons, the equality of all…
— Max Nordau
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A college should feel alarmed rather than pleased if it graduates nothing but good citizens. For when the body politic is composed of nothing but…
— George Boas
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A mob is the method by which good citizens turn over the law and the government to the criminal or irresponsible classes.
— Ray Stannard Baker
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Bad men cannot make good citizens. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience are incompatible with freedom.
— Patrick Henry
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For what is meant by saying that a government ought to educate the people? Why should they be educated? What is the education for? Clearly,…
— Herbert Spencer
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The object of government is the welfare of the people. The material progress and prosperity of a nation are desirable chiefly so far as they…
— Theodore Roosevelt
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I have never on the field of battle sent you where I was unwilling to go myself, nor would I now advise you to a…
— Nathan Bedford Forrest
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A people without children would face a hopeless future; a country without trees is almost as helpless; forests which are so used that they cannot…
— Theodore Roosevelt
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Police and firefighters are great, but they don't create wealth. They protect it. That's crucial. Teaching is a wonderful profession. Teachers help educate people to…
— Rush Limbaugh
Who Wrote These Good Citizens Quotes
30 authors contributed a total of 37 Good Citizens Quotes, led by these top contributors: