Citizenship Quotes

• A nation, as a society, forms a moral person, and every member of it is personally responsible for his society.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Integrity, Responsibility, Hypocrisy

  Thomas Jefferson (2004). “Light and Liberty: Reflections on the Pursuit of Happiness”, p.66, Modern Library

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• It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.

  Aristotle

  Motivation, Character, Patriotic

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• Citizenship is an attitude, a state of mind, an emotional conviction that the whole is greater than the part...and that the part should be humbly proud to sacrifice itself that the whole may live.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Attitude, Sacrifice, Emotional

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Starship Troopers”, p.127, Penguin

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• It is not the function of government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error.

  Robert H. Jackson

  Fall, Errors, Government

  American Communications Ass'n v. Douds (1950)

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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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• Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country, and should dwell together in bonds of fraternal feeling.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Country, Brother, Community

  Abraham Lincoln, Bob Blaisdell (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: A Book of Quotations”, p.42, Courier Corporation

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  Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

  Margaret Mead

  Inspirational, Life, Friendship

  Margaret Mead, Robert B. Textor (2005). “The World Ahead: An Anthropologist Anticipates the Future”, p.12, Berghahn Books

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• Never forget that you are one of a kind. Never forget that if there weren't any need for you in all your uniqueness to be on this earth, you wouldn't be here in the first place. And never forget, no matter how overwhelming life's challenges and problems seem to be, that one person can make a difference in the world. In fact, it is always because of one person that all the changes that matter in the world come about. So be that one person.

  R. Buckminster Fuller

  Inspirational, Life, Determination

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• The efforts of governments alone will never be enough. In the end, the people must choose and the people must help themselves.

  John F. Kennedy

  Government, People, Effort

  Latin American Diplomatic Corps Reception Speech, delivered day 13 March 1961, East Room, White House

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

  Martha Gellhorn

  House, Citizens, Occupation

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

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• Citizenship is the chance to make a difference to the place where you belong.

  Charles Handy

  Life, Differences, Making A Difference

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• Be the compromise you want to see in the world.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Military, Citizens, Weight

  Speech, New York, N.Y., 11 Nov. 1902

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• Our citizenship in the United States is our national character. Our citizenship in any particular state is only our local distinction. By the latter we are known at home, by the former to the world. Our great title is AMERICANS.

  Thomas Paine

  4th Of July, Home, Character

  Thomas Paine (2011). “Thomas Paine on Liberty: Including Common Sense and Other Writings”, p.92, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• The job of a citizen is to keep his mouth open.

  Gunter Grass

  Jobs, Freedom, Democracies Have

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• Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and its conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.

  Andrew Jackson

  Life, Country, 4th Of July

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

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• The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time.

  Jackie Robinson

  Class, Issues, Democracy

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• Build what you want to see in the world.

  Jack Dorsey

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• Ours is an open and accepting society, and has historically provided an avenue for lawful immigration to all those willing to accept the responsibilities of citizenship.

  Spencer Bachus

  Responsibility, Immigration, Accepting

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• Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.

  Daniel Webster

  Christian, Men, Citizens

  Daniel Webster (1830). “Speeches and Forensic Arguments”, p.53

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• It is not in violence and crime that our greatest danger lies. These evils are so perfectly apparent that they very quickly arouse the moral power of the people for their suppression. A far more serious danger lurks in the shirking of those responsibilities of citizenship, where the evil may not be so noticeable but is more insidious and likely to be more devastating.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Lying, Responsibility, People

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• Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the health and vigor of citizenship.

  Patrick Henry

  Freedom, Perfect, Healthy

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• As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and the law-abiding, the beginning and the end.

  Adlai E. Stevenson

  Law, Democracy, Abiding

  Speech in Chicago, Illinois, September 29, 1952.

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• Experts always know everything but the fine points. When I took my citizenship exams, no one there knew how the White House came to be called the White House.

  Hedy Lamarr

  White, House, Experts

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