Citizens Quotes - Page 2

• The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should also have guns. Otherwise, they will win and the decent people will lose.

  James Earl Jones

  Gun, Winning, Law

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I was taught from a young age that many people would treat me as a second-class citizen because I was African-American and because I was female.

  Queen Latifah

  Class, People, African American

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• The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy.

  James Madison

  Independent, Rights, Class

  James Madison, David B. Mattern (1997). “James Madison's "Advice to My Country"”, p.12, University of Virginia Press

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• My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Country

  Inaugural Address, 20 Jan. 1961

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• We need to become good citizens in the global village, instead of competing. What are we competing for - to drive more cars, eat more steaks? That will destroy the world.

  Yuan T. Lee

  Ice Cream, Car, Needs

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• We'll try to cooperate fully with the IRS, because, as citizens, we feel a strong patriotic duty not to go to jail.

  Dave Barry

  Strong, Patriotic, Jail

  Dave Barry (1994). “The World According to Dave Barry”, Outlet

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• Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.

  Winston Churchill

  Country, Food, Political

  Speech on radio, 21 Mar. 1943, in Complete Speeches (1974) vol. 7, p. 6761

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• I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world.

  Eugene V. Debs

  Country, Fighting, Countries Of The World

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• Citizenship is a tough occupation which obliges the citizen to make his own informed opinion and stand by it.

  Martha Gellhorn

  House, Occupation, Opinion

  Martha Gellhorn (1988). “The Face of War”, p.336, Atlantic Monthly Press

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• A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person.

  James Madison

  Patriotic, Small Numbers, Government

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (1852). “The Federalist, on the New Constitution: Written in 1788”, p.53

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• Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.

  Plato

  Peace, War, Heart

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• This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

  Plato

  Funny, Cities

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• Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who would preserve what is good and fruitful in our national heritage.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Peace, Freedom, Rights

  Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1960). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1954”, p.219, Best Books on

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• It is a hard matter, my fellow citizens, to argue with the belly, since it has no ears.

  Plutarch

  Inspiring, Food, Loss

  Plutarch (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Plutarch (Illustrated)”, p.587, Delphi Classics

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• We must remember that politics is more than a power game. The core of politics in my view is to serve our citizens, to serve our fellow human beings.

  Kjell Magne Bondevik

  Views, Games, Remember

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• The only title in our democracy superior to that of President is the title of citizen.

  Louis D. Brandeis

  Democracy, President, Titles

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• If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.

  Francis Bacon

  Kindness, Men, Grace

  Essays "Of Goodness, and Goodness of Nature" (1625)

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• Voting is the most precious right of every citizen, and we have a moral obligation to ensure the integrity of our voting process.

  Hillary Clinton

  Integrity, House, Voting

  "Hillary Rodham Clinton: What Every American Should Know". Book by the American Conservative Union (p. 71), September 30, 2005.

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• As writers and readers, as sinners and citizens, our realism and our aesthetic sense make us wary of crediting the positive note.

  Seamus Heaney

  Reality, Notes, Realism

  Seamus Heaney (2014). “Crediting Poetry: The Nobel Lecture”, p.17, Macmillan

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• I also want to thank Arizona citizens for their efforts at conserving energy last summer.

  Jane D. Hull

  Summer, Effort, Energy

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• The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them in trying to perpetuate the moods, tastes and aptitudes of youth.

  Malcolm Muggeridge

  Happiness, Joy, Trying

  Malcolm Muggeridge (1966). “The Most of Malcolm Muggeridge”

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• These manly sentiments, in private life, make the good citizen; in public life, the patriot and the hero.

  James Otis

  Hero, Patriot, Sentiments

  "James Otis: Against Writs of Assistance". James Otis' speech (February 1761), as quoted in William Tudor "James Otis's Speech on the Writs of Assistance", books.google.com. 1906.

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• The only change is that baseball has turned Paige from a second class citizen to a second class immortal.

  Satchel Paige

  Change, Baseball, Class

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• My fellow citizens, the American Presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery.

  Sarah Palin

  Journey, Discovery, Transformation

  Republican Vice Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech, delivered 3 September 2008, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota

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• The fundamental purpose of government is to protect its citizens.

  Arlen Specter

  Government, Purpose, Fundamentals

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