Citizens Quotes - Page 6

• Without free, self-respecting, and autonomous citizens there can be no free and independent nations. Without internal peace, that is, peace among citizens and between the citizens and the state, there can be no guarantee of external peace.

  Vaclav Havel

  Respect, Peace, Freedom

  "Living in Truth". Book by Vaclav Havel, 1986.

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• Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Peace, War, House

  Thomas Jefferson, Brett F. Woods (2009). “Thomas Jefferson: Thoughts on War and Revolution”, p.257, Algora Publishing

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• Curses on the law! Most of my fellow citizens are the sorry consequences of uncommitted abortions.

  Karl Kraus

  Sorry, Law, Abortion

  Karl Kraus (1977). “No Compromise: Selected Writings of Karl Kraus”, Frederick Ungar

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• The same historical development that turned the citizen into a client transformed the worker from a producer into a consumer.

  Christopher Lasch

  Historical, Development, Clients

  Christopher Lasch (1991). “The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in an Age of Diminishing Expectations”, p.235, W. W. Norton & Company

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• It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees.

  Wangari Maathai

  Differences, Tree, Littles

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• The president felt that it was important to send an ordinary citizen to experience the excitement of space travel as a representative for all Americans.

  Christa McAuliffe

  Travel, Space, House

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• It is the State which educates its citizens in civic virtue, gives them a consciousness of their mission and welds them into unity.

  Benito Mussolini

  Giving, Unity, Consciousness

  Benito Mussolini (2012). “My Autobiography: With "The Political and Social Doctrine of Fascism"”, p.237, Courier Corporation

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• To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy.

  Bertrand Russell

  Democracy, Importance, Eloquence

  Bertrand Russell (2009). “The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell”, p.660, Routledge

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• You must be afraid, my son. That is how one becomes an honest citizen.

  Jean-Paul Sartre

  Son, House, Honest

  Jean-Paul Sartre (2012). “Essays in Aesthetics”, p.14, Open Road Media

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• An artist may have burdens the ordinary citizen doesn't know, but the ordinary citizen has burdens that many artists never even touch.

  Patti Smith

  Artist, House, Ordinary

  "The Wisdom of Patti Smith" by Victoria Dawson Hoff, www.elle.com. December 30, 2013.

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• It is important to note that there are no age limitations on who can donate organs and tissue. Newborns as well as senior citizens have been organ donors.

  Vic Snyder

  Senior, Important, Age

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• Citizenship comes first today in our crowded world...
  No man can enjoy the privileges of education and thereafter
  with a clear conscience break his contract with society.
  To respect that contract is to be mature, to strengthen it is to be a good citizen,
  to do more than your share under it is noble.

  Isaiah Bowman

  Strength, Education, Respect

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• I am not the president; instead, I hold an even higher office, that of citizen of the United States.

  Martin Sheen

  Office, House, President

  "Commentary A Celebrity, but First a Citizen". articles.latimes.com. March 17, 2003.

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• Latinos are here to stay. As citizen Raquel, I'm proud to be Latina.

  Raquel Welch

  House, Proud, Latina

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• I don't want to run for governor, but I don't think anyone should put public service out of the question because that's not what a good citizen does.

  Warren Beatty

  Running, Thinking, Doe

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• Architects today tend to depreciate themselves, to regard themselves as no more than just ordinary citizens without the power to reform the future.

  Kenzo Tange

  Design, Today, Ordinary

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• If we don't bear witness as citizens, as people, as individuals, the right that we have had to life is sacrificed. There is a silence, instead of a speaking presence.

  Jane Rule

  Life, People, Silence

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• Markets are very important but for the government the citizens are more so.

  Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

  Government, Important

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• Cities may now bulldoze private citizens' homes, farms and small businesses to make way for shopping malls or other developments.

  Bob Goodlatte

  Home, Cities, Shopping

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• I think I've been a great citizen.

  O. J. Simpson

  Thinking, House

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

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• All the rights secured to the citizens under the Constitution are worth nothing, and a mere bubble, except guaranteed to them by an independent and virtuous Judiciary.

  Andrew Jackson

  Independent, Rights, Constitution

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

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• Without free, self-respecting, and autonomous citizens there can be no free and independent nations.

  Vaclav Havel

  Respect, Independent, Self

  "Living in Truth". Book by Vaclav Havel, 1986.

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• Law-abiding citizens value privacy. Terrorists require invisibility. The two are not the same, and they should not be confused.

  Richard Perle

  Confused, Invisibility Cloak, Law

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• There is no method by which an average citizen can effectively fight the White House in the media.

  Linda Tripp

  Fighting, Media, Average

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• When you have police officers who abuse citizens, you erode public confidence in law enforcement. That makes the job of good police officers unsafe.

  Mary Frances Berry

  Jobs, Law, Police

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