Citizens Quote by Thomas Pogge

Often vastly more important, international agreements are not routinely published in draft form or publicly debated, and civil society organizations and ordinary citizens often…

— Thomas Pogge

I think that many citizens understand how our system works, or rather, fails to work, for structural reasons. But who has the capacity and…

— Thomas Pogge

The extremely low respect Congress enjoys among the population indicates that the citizens understand broadly what's going on. But the lack of a realistic…

— Thomas Pogge

“For all these reasons Eisenhower's first term witnessed little significant domestic legislation. Aside from the extension of Social Security, which had the support of…

— James T. Patterson

We MPs may not have a job description, but I'm pretty certain one of our responsibilities is to scrutinise and approve domestic legislation.

— Heidi Allen

Effective resistance to usurpers is possible only provided the citizens understand their rights and are disposed to defend them.

— Alexander Hamilton

As citizens, we understand that America is not about what can be done for us. Its about what can be done by us, together.

— Barack Obama

As citizens, we understand that it is not about what America may do for us. It's about what can be done by us, together.

— Barack Obama

It's important that our children are raised to be educated, well-rounded tax-paying citizens that understand the importance of technology and science.

— Bill Nye

For a fledging democratic system to succeed, we need citizens who understand the procedures, believe in democratic rules and get personally involved.

— Friedrich Naumann

It is in a way a mystery that, instead of demanding that their governments give primary attention to their own needs and aspirations, most…

— J. William Fulbright

The ruling class doesn't care about public safety. Having made it very difficult for States and localities to police themselves, having left ordinary citizens…

— Malcolm Wallop