Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tim Pawlenty

The people and the mindset that killed 3,000 of our fellow citizens on September 11 2001, would have killed not 3,000, but 300,000 if they could have or 3 million or 30 million. We need to do everything we can within our value systems and legal structures to make sure that doesn't happen.

John C. Calhoun

There is no direct and immediate connection between the individual citizens of a state and the general government. The relation between them is through the state. The Union is a union of states as communities and not a union of individuals.

Nick Clegg

Liberal Democrats in government will not follow the last Labour government by sounding the retreat on the protection of civil liberties in the United Kingdom. It continues to be essential that our civil liberties are safeguarded, and that the state is not given the powers to snoop on its citizens at will.

Eugene Debs

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

When an indictment is delivered at the front door of the White House, the Office of the President is defiled. No citizen can take pleasure from that.

I am moreover inclined to be concise when I reflect on the constant occupation of the citizens in public and private affairs, so that in their few leisure moments they may read and understand as much as possible.

We had a tip from an Iraqi citizen that led us to him, ... We've been tracking him for a while.

We had a tip from an Iraqi citizen that led us to him, ... It was a joint US-Iraqi operation. We?ve been tracking him for a while.

We had a tip from an Iraqi citizen that led us to him, ... It was a joint U.S.-Iraqi operation. We've been tracking him for a while.

Tom Brokaw

When he entered the Oval Office - by fate, not by design - Citizen Ford knew that he was not perfect, just as he knew he was not perfect when he left. But what president ever was?

Aaron Swartz

Without the ability to talk about government power, there's no way for citizens to make sure this power isn't being misused.

We were able to identify another piece of property and stop the eminent domain proceedings. Much of that is a result of citizens coming to us to consider other sites.

We depend on the generosity of the citizens here to make the program the success it is today. We are always so grateful for the Grand Prairie spirit.

We demand a recount. People must know how citizens voted.

We definitely want the hospital here in Stafford for our citizens.

We're not second-class citizens. We pay taxes. We want the same quality of life that's west of I-35. We're very adamant about that we're going to get it because I'm going to hound you every Thursday and be in front of your face.

Frank Roberts

We are particularly proud of Outlook, ... Many of our sections are dedicated to informing our citizens about city involvement, projects and programs (that) make them feel good about living in Lancaster.

Ha-Joon Chang

Very often, the judgments by ordinary citizens may be better than those by professional economists, being more rooted in reality and less narrowly focused.

Zubin Mehta

Citizens of India, Pakistan, and Kashmir need to come together and make music.

Ambrose Burnside

I am in favor of a foreign policy that will cultivate relations of peace with all nations, and I will never give my influence, either as a private citizen or a public servant, for war, so long as it can be honorably avoided.

Ambrose Burnside

Being about to land on the soil of North Carolina, the general commanding desires his soldiers to remember that they are here to support the Constitution and the laws, to put down rebellion, and to protect the persons and property of the loyal and peaceable citizens of the State.

Allyson Schwartz

My colleagues, while it is good that the Nation is finally focused on the critical issue of securing our ports, our rhetoric and our passion about Dubai must be matched by the funding necessary to keep our ports and our citizens safe.

Os Guinness

There are lots of people depending on the government who are good, honest citizens who have worked all their lives.

Tony Campolo

My task as a citizen is to get the government to do more good and less inefficient and wasteful work.

Dannel Malloy

I don't think that we'll support any state that is prepared to discriminate against the citizens of Connecticut.

Louis D. Brandeis

A man is a better citizen of the United States for being also a loyal citizen of his state and of his city; for being loyal to his family and to his profession or trade; for being loyal to his college or his lodge.

The question is whether this moment continues. Does this shape the way they see themselves as citizens and does this become part of their view of themselves as voters? And if it does it can have a lasting impact. The real stakes here are long-term.

The proposed shift in software will be paid for by the taxpayers, businesses, and regular citizens of Massachusetts,

Tips from citizens are critical. The public is literally our eyes and ears in the field.

Carol Bruce

We need to have experienced positive leadership in offices. We've done a lot for the town and we're proud of that and I think the citizens will see that and come out to support us.

Richard Boucher

We have worked closely with Mexican authorities to take the appropriate steps to ensure the safety and the security of U.S. citizens in Mexico,

We have to worry about the weather. Most of our volunteers are senior citizens and they walk very gingerly.

Marquis de Lafayette

No person is more convinced than I am of the necessity of giving great splendour and energy to the great hereditary magistracy exercised by the king; but in a free country, there can only be citizens and public officers.