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• The absolute pacifist is a bad citizen; times come when force must be used to uphold right, justice and ideals.

  Alfred North Whitehead

  Justice, Force, Used

  Alfred North Whitehead, Lucien Price (2001). “Dialogues of Alfred North Whitehead”, p.93, David R. Godine Publisher

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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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• All Americans have a sacred duty to guarantee Social Security benefits to our nation's senior citizens

  Steve King

  Senior, Guarantees, Benefits

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• Ukraine must once again be revered and respected by its citizens as well as the East and the West.

  Viktor Yushchenko

  Ukraine, East, West

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• The most important thing we stressed is that we want those kids to be productive citizens.

  Troy Vincent

  Sports, Kids, Stressed

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• The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems.

  Barbara Jordan

  America, Want, Problem

  1976 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, delivered 12 July 1976, New York, NY

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• When Medicare was created for senior citizens and America s disabled in 1965, about half of a seniors health care spending was on doctors and the other half on hospitals.

  Dennis Hastert

  Senior, Doctors, America

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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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• 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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• 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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• As an artist I come to sing, but as a citizen, I will always speak for peace, and no one can silence me in this.

  Paul Robeson

  Artist, Silence, Patriotism

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• Strictly speaking, every citizen above a certain level of income is guilty of some offense.

  Max Frisch

  House, Income, Levels

  Max Frisch (1962). “Three plays: The fire raisers, Count Oederland [and] Andorra”

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• The Roman legions were formed in the first instance of citizen soldiers, who yet had been made to submit to a rigid discipline, and to feel that in that submission lay their strength.

  Goldwin Smith

  Discipline, House, Soldier

  Goldwin Smith (1881). “Lectures and Essays”, New York : Macmillan

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• The measure of your quality as a public person, as a citizen, is the gap between what you do and what you say.

  Ramsey Clark

  House, Quality, Gaps

  "The International Herald Tribune" (Paris), June 18, 1991.

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• I think it is the responsibility of a citizen of any country to say what he thinks.

  Harold Pinter

  Country, Responsibility, Thinking

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• The grand jury, composed of 12 eminent New Orleans citizens, heard our evidence and indicted the defendant for participation in a conspiracy to assassinate John Kennedy.

  Jim Garrison

  New Orleans, John Kennedy, Conspiracy

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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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• But I am committed to keeping this city a strong and viable center for commerce and industry, for continuing to make it a place of opportunity for its citizens.

  Jane Byrne

  Strong, Opportunity, Cities

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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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• I am an American citizen and feel I am entitled to the same rights as any other citizen.

  Nat King Cole

  Rights, Feels, Entitled

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• The law, which restrains a man from doing mischief to his fellow citizens, though it diminishes the natural, increases the civil liberty of mankind.

  William Blackstone

  Men, Law, Liberty

  Sir William Blackstone (1794). “Commentaries on the laws of England”, p.128

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• The authority of any governing institution must stop at its citizen's skin.

  Gloria Steinem

  Feminist, Skins, Body

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• The vast majority of Muslims living here are peaceful citizens. Unfortunately, however, we also see religious and political fanaticism among Muslim groups in Germany.

  Otto Schily

  Love, Religious, Peace

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

  Arlen Specter

  Government, Purpose, Fundamentals

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• We are taking the steps necessary to be ready to send whatever assistance is requested of us, and we are preparing to receive citizens who seek refuge in our state

  Jennifer Granholm

  Steps, States, Ready

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