Citizens Quotes - Page 4

Government ... can't be trusted to control its own bureaucrats or collect taxes equitably or fill a pothole, much less decide which of its citizens to kill.

I realize that I cannot stand by silently as my government executes its citizens. If I do not speak out and resist, I am an accomplice.

The most basic duty of government is to defend the lives of its own citizens. Any government that fails to do so is a government unworthy to lead.

It is with regret that I pronounce the fatal truth: Louis ought to perish rather than a hundred thousand virtuous citizens; Louis must die that the country may live

When Alexander the Great visited the philosopher Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for him, Diogenes is said to have replied: ‘Yes, stand a little less between me and the sun.’ It is what every citizen is entitled to ask of his government.

When we become overly concerned about our appearance, our spiritual reputation, our coolness, and our acceptance, we are living as citizens of this world rather than as ambassadors.

In the kingdom of God there are no second-class citizens.

What is this much repeated phrase 'active citizen' supposed to mean? The active citizens are the ones who took the Bastille.

One good teacher in a lifetime may sometimes change a delinquent into a solid citizen.

A bikeway is a symbol that shows that a citizen on a $30 bicycle is equally important as a citizen on a $30,000 car.

There is a growing evidence that arts education improves student learning and thereby produces better citizens

There is no global anthem, no global currency, no certificate of global citizenship. We pledge allegiance to one flag, and that flag is the American flag.

Property that endangers the safety of a nation should not be suffered to remain in the hands of its citizens.

But if writing about people who are not yourself is illegitimate, then the only legitimate work is autobiography; and as a reader and a citizen, I don’t want to live in that world.

English should be our official language. Reading and speaking English are requirements to become a citizen.

Capital in money form has no citizenship. It is fungible, an asset capable of moving from place to place in a nanosecond.

The IRS has become morally corrupted by the enormous power which we in Congress have unwisely entrusted to it. Too often it acts like a Gestapo preying upon defenseless citizens.

Of all the treasures a state can possess, the human lives of its citizens are for us the most precious.

If you're a state and you don't set up an exchange, that means your citizens don't get their tax credits.

The decline and fall of a civilization is barely noticed by most of its citizens.

Most criminals are not born; they are made.... What the State really punishes in a criminal is often its own neglect, its own failure to do its duty to the citizen.

The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the state shall not be questioned.

The purpose of the gospel is to transform common creatures into celestial citizens, and that requires change.

I don't want to govern the Palestinians. I don't want them as subjects of Israel or as citizens of Israel. I want them to have their own independent state but a demilitarized state.

Bad men cannot make good citizens. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience are incompatible with freedom.