Own Citizens Quotes

22 quotes by 21 authors

It is not healthy when a nation lives within a nation, as colored Americans are living inside America. A nation cannot live confident of its… — Pearl S. Buck
A country which does not respect the rights of its own citizens will not respect the rights of its neighbours — Andrei Sakharov
The state governments have a full superintendence and control over the immense mass of local interests of their respective states, which connect themselves with the… — Joseph Story
The Spirit of Enterprise, which characterizes the commercial part of America, has left no occasion of displaying itself unimproved. It is not at all probable… — Alexander Hamilton
To the rulers of the state then, if to any, it belongs of right to use falsehood, to deceive either enemies or their own citizens,… — Plato
The ultimate enemy of Democracy is not the drug dealer of the crooked politician or the crazed skinhead. The ultimate enemy is the New King… — Gerry Spence
Never trust a government that doesn't trust its own citizens with guns. — Benjamin Franklin
You [President Kennedy] have made some pretty strong statements about their being defensive and that we would take action against offensive weapons. I think that… — Curtis LeMay
Leaving Iraq without military assistance during its transition, and before it is stable enough to ensure its own citizens' security, would pose a tremendous risk.… — Doc Hastings
The lands granted were in the occupancy of savages and situated in a wilderness, of which the government had never taken possession, and of which… — William H. Wharton
It disturbs me mostly...is the willful, deliberate denial (by the FDA, of) our own citizens, a fair chance to use Laetrile, when all the record… — Luther L. Bohanon
The Iranian regime calls for the annihilation of Israel, it oppresses its own citizens, it's part of the murder going on in Syria and it's… — Mark Regev
The bottom line is this: Peace will come to Israel and the Middle East only when the Israeli government is willing to comply with international… — Jimmy Carter
Many countries persecute their own citizens and intern them in prisons or concentration camps. Oppression is becoming more and more a part of the systems. — Alva Myrdal
[Persons] who are recognized as citizens in any one state of the Union [have] the right to enter every other state, whenever they pleased... full… — Jack Kevorkian
The most extremist power any political leader can assert is the power to target his own citizens for execution without any charges or due process,… — Glenn Greenwald
Air power and military are meant to fight the enemy and not your own citizens... How do you differentiate a Maoist?... It will create a… — Kishore Chandra Deo
It is one thing to tell the citizens of some faraway country to go to hell, but it is another to do the same to… — Ha-Joon Chang
We are spending more money on bond holders than we are on our own citizens. It took 204 years to have this happen. The other… — Jim Cooper
There are many countries who have traditionally sponsored terrorism. Iraq is one, though it appears the majority of the terrorism committed by Saddam Hussein is… — Richard Armitage

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21 authors contributed a total of 22 Own Citizens Quotes as follows: