Good Citizens Quotes

37 quotes by 30 authors

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
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
Good ball players make good citizens. — Grover Cleveland
Ants are good citizens: they place group interests first. — Clarence Day
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Bad men cannot make good citizens. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience are incompatible with freedom. — Patrick Henry
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
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
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
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
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

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