Famous Quotes & Sayings

If we want to have the support of European citizens we have to engage with them, but we also need leadership and that's something we're lacking,

Thomas Adams

If you do this, we all of us shall be rewarded by the betterment of our towns, the beautification of our streets, the improvement of our suburbs; we shall have made one step forward to still further elevating, improving, and dignifying the life of our citizens.

If you create a system that makes the small donors the linchpin of the system in terms of how members of Congress directly raise the funds for their campaigns, then it gives everyday citizens much more of a role - a leveraging role - in the funding of those campaigns.

I'm praying they're going to give him his citizenship.

Mitch Daniels

I'm just here because I'm hopeful of getting citizens of west-central Indiana and all of Indiana excited about it,

I have no intention of paying taxes because my partner are considered second-class citizens due to laws that prevent us from being married because we are two men. Hello, we don't have the same tax law rights as heterosexual married couples filing income tax. Very unfair.

I have no idea yet; I know I'll be evaluating the entire agency. One of the first things I'll be doing is making contact with the citizens of this fine town.

I have no problem with increasing height, as long as citizens get things in exchange.

I have no problem paying my city taxes. We want our vote to be known. We are Rhome citizens and we want to be treated the same as other Rhome citizens.

It was a wonderful testament to the idea of having 12 good citizens determine guilt or innocence, and also appropriate punishment for someone who was convicted.

It was a rough week, without enough rest, but it doesn't compare to what the citizens of that state went through.

Johann Koss

It's a very small office. But this gives us a leverage point to reach all Americans, to make global citizens in our mission to create a healthier and safer world.

It's going to take everyone who's still left living here to get involved. We need all the citizens to take pride in our city, to take ownership of our city.

It's been a privilege, to say the least, to serve the citizens of Brookline for the past 6 1/2 years,

Otto Schily

It's repulsive to claim that terror and extremism will be imported to Germany if we modernize our citizenship laws,

John McGinnis

It's surely very good that citizens understand the Constitution and it's in some sense critical that citizens watch over Congress and the courts to make sure they're good stewards of the Constitution,

David Baldacci

As a lawyer, as a private citizen, you see a lot of injustice.

In the midst of this national crisis, to have the city of New York, which has known such tragedy itself, to reach out to the citizens of New Orleans is a wonderful thing, and to do it in such a way that celebrates the rich traditions of New Orleans music shows an understanding and compassion that is truly heartwarming.

I really didn't know what to expect, but I knew the people were not happy with the way things were going. The people sent this same message in May, and I think they just spoke again. It's the citizens we work for, not the city manager or the City Council.

I just love the people. The citizens of Urbandale make Urbandale what it is.

Hu Jintao

By meeting the legitimate demands of its citizens for freedom and openness, China's leaders can help their country grow into a modern, prosperous and confident nation.

Citizens will be concerned with impact to traffic, whether they will be able to get in and out of their driveway, how their sidewalks will be affected.

Mike Easley

Citizens should not panic, ... but it is critical that we continue to conserve our fuel.

Mitt Romney

citizens should not be excluded from a decision as fundamental to society as the legal definition of marriage.

Citizens of the United States expect their government to be there in times of disaster and they were not there.

Patrick Fitzgerald

Citizens of state deserve honest government from their secretary of state and their governor and expect no less.

Citizens are taking time to participate. That's the sunshine that works. Lawmakers do hear the voice of the people if they speak loudly enough.

Citizens are not happy about the sales tax. They will not be happy about their property taxes going up, but people do indeed seem to understand the state is having hard fiscal times and solutions are hard to come by.

Bill Gates

Citizens are interested in more information if they can easily reach out and get it.

Being a defensive lineman, Reggie is one of the guys I always watched. And he was an inspiration off the field, too. We lost a great football player today, and we lost a great citizen.

Jack Hunter

Ron Paul warned everyone that the Patriot Act could be used against innocent American citizens. His critics said he was siding with terrorists. Now, either A. Ron Paul was right. Or B. All Verizon users are terrorists.

Certainly, the Uzbekistan government owes its citizens and owes the international community a serious, credible and independent investigation of these events. And we are continuing to push for such an investigation with the government of Uzbekistan and with our partners in the international community.

By contrast, the indefinite military detention without trial of citizens seized in the United States because of suspected wrongdoing is far from a fundamental incident of waging war.