Citizens Quotes
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The fence will continue being built and we will go on taking care of the security of Israel's citizens.
Ehud Olmert -
What we have here, fellow citizens, is a crassly egocentric, raving twit.
Molly Ivins
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And if our goal as moral citizens is to make the world a better place, then there is only once choice: to pump as much oil as we possibly can out of Fort McMurray. Pump and steam and dig and drill and get that oil out of the sand in any and every way we can. Every drop of oil from Alberta is one less drop from some fascist theocracy, or some brutal warlord; one less cent into the treasuries of Russia's secret police and al-Qaeda's murderers.
Ezra Levant -
Look at it this way: this administration is taking unprecedented steps to make sure that the government's secrets remain private while simultaneously invading the privacy of its citizens... Many innocents must be violated so that a few guilty people can be stopped. It's a digital stop-and-frisk...
Charles M. Blow -
The primary thing I should do, apart from being a good husband, brother, son, and friend, is to be a citizen activist. But I'm afraid it takes away from the writing. Not that anything depends on whether I put an essay in 'The Nation' or not. But you want to participate.
Tony Kushner -
Great is the good fortune of a state in which the citizens have a moderate and sufficient property.
Aristotle -
The decline and fall of a civilization is barely noticed by most of its citizens.
James Cook -
I have published a proclamation: 'Forgive us our transgressions as we forgive those who transgress against us.' I have ordered all citizens to return to their parishes to enjoy the benefits of this general amnesty.
Toussaint Louverture
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A government which does not trust its citizens to be armed is not itself to be trusted.
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli -
Here we have 40 million Russian citizens involved in the sphere of agriculture one way or another. This is very important.
Vladimir Putin -
Citizens and consumers are demanding that climate change and environmental issues be taken seriously.
Isabelle Kocher -
Citizens United didn't work. Hey, Koch brothers, Karl Rove, Shellgame Adelson: Democracy trumps money sometimes.
Henry Rollins Black Flag -
Of all the treasures a state can possess, the human lives of its citizens are for us the most precious.
Joseph Stalin -
The power and diversity of the Armed Forces, active Guard and Reserve, the resolve of our fellow citizens, the flexibility in our command to navigate international waters that remain troubled are all essential to our security.
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr.
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When the citizens of a society can see and hear their leaders, then that society should be seen as one.
Plato -
....it cannot be called ingenuity to kill one's fellow citizens, to betray friends, to be without faith, without mercy, without religion; by these means one can aquire power but not glory.
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli -
We pay a price when we deprive children of the exposure to the values, principles, and education they need to make them good citizens.
Sandra Day O'Connor -
When the citizens at large administer the state for the common interest, the government is called by the generic name - a constitution.
Aristotle -
Mexico has relied on television for decades to keep the citizens misinformed and in a constant state of stupor. I mean we live in a time where democracy is almost synonymous with oligarchy.
Andrea Suarez Paz -
Latinos are here to stay. As citizen Raquel, I'm proud to be Latina.
Raquel Welch
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I believe that the ultimate object of all activities in a republic should be the development of the manhood of its citizens.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. -
When anybody and everybody registers to vote, they do so under the penalty of perjury. They're signing a contract that they are 18 years of age or older and they're citizens of the United States.
Audie Cornish -
I've made it clear that I'm not taking special interest PAC money or accepting donations from lobbyists - ever. I want to represent the interests of the citizens.
Stephen Pagliuca -
Nobody is immune. There are elements that are very bad and the reputations of countries and citizens are at stake.
Bob Wright