Private Citizen Quotes

19 quotes by 14 authors

As a lawyer, as a private citizen, you see a lot of injustice. You see a lot of people who should have been punished and… — David Baldacci
I believe if a private citizen is able to affect public opinion in a constructive way he doesn't have to be an elected public servant… — Warren Beatty
The most important political office is that of the private citizen. — Louis D. Brandeis
Not to our surprise, we discover that gun crime in Britain is up 10.9 percent since the disarmament of the private citizen. — Jeff Cooper
The magnitude of the punishment matches the magnitude of the sin. Now a sin that is against God is infinite; the higher the person against… — Thomas Aquinas
At my age, and in my circumstances, what sinister object, or personal emolument had I to seek after, in this life? The growing infirmities of… — George Washington
He was a foe without hate; a friend without treachery; a soldier without cruelty; a victor without oppression, and a victim without murmuring. He was… — Benjamin Harvey Hill
The point of taxation isn't that the government knows better than you how to spend your money - it's that the government, by virtue of… — Jesse Taylor
The great Searcher of human hearts is my witness, that I have no wish, which aspires beyond the humble and happy lot of living and… — George Washington
If, in my retirement to the humble station of a private citizen, I am accompanied with the esteem and approbation of my fellow citizens, trophies… — Thomas Jefferson
Remember that you are an actor in a drama of such sort as the Author chooses: if short, then in a short one; if long,… — Epictetus
As a lawyer, as a private citizen, you see a lot of injustice. — David Baldacci
But always I was a private citizen whose activities in government or political party were appointive. — Jane Byrne
Tonight - by taking this solemn oath - I am no longer a private citizen but the Mayor of the City of Chicago. — Jane Byrne
I am convinced that in the upcoming chapter of the struggle, I can be more useful to the inevitable change that will soon come to… — Lincoln Diaz-Balart
The most important office... that of private citizen. — Louis D. Brandeis
The gods gave me a father who ruled over me and rid me of any trace of arrogance and showed me that one can live… — Marcus Aurelius
The police cannot protect the citizen at this stage of our development, and they cannot even protect themselves in many cases. It is up to… — Jeff Cooper
The private citizen, beset by partisan appeals for the loan of his Public Opinion, will soon see, perhaps, that these appeals are not a compliment… — Walter Lippmann

Who Wrote These Private Citizen Quotes

14 authors contributed a total of 19 Private Citizen Quotes as follows: