Famous Quotes & Sayings

Hopefully in the end, we will have citizens who are better educated about the environment and the importance of protecting it.

Honeywell is showing complete disrespect to the citizens of this community.

Honestly, I think the citizens of this county, the taxpayers, expect us to do the right thing here. We're just trying to go by the simple principle of how would you like to be treated if in this situation.

Garland's citizens are to be commended for their outpouring of generosity, ... I encourage everyone to continue volunteering, giving donations and praying for our Gulf Coast neighbors who must now rebuild their lives.

I'll focus on being more responsive and accountable for all the citizens of Smith County.

Horn Lake is a Tree City USA city, and we're proud of our trees. We wanted to hold something that would encourage our citizens to get out and have a fun day in the park while also celebrating our regular Arbor Day observance.

Scott Boras

He spoke to many Dominican friends and American friends, and many American players. If he was going to play in the classic, he was going to honor his citizenship and play for the United States.

But instead, the Legislature closed the gate on a group of its citizens. When it comes to constitutional questions that relate to the worth and dignity of individuals, this court has always stepped up to the plate and should do so here, as well.

Guy Oseary

I am an Israeli-born American citizen.

Greg Gutfeld

When immigrants go into the worse neighborhood and they fix it up, they should become citizens.

Glenn Greenwald

As always with any discussion of elite immunity, it's crucial to note that what makes this development such a particularly warped travesty is that the very same elites who enjoy this immunity have created the world's largest, and the Western world's most oppressive and merciless, penal state for ordinary citizens.

Harry Browne

Disarmed citizens encourage crime and violence. Armed citizens encourage criminals to find a safer line of work.

The last election was about the grand struggle for democracy and this motivated a lot of citizens to vote. This drama concluded and this gray democracy is not particularly exciting.

their preparedness to become citizens, in keeping with the language requirement as well.

Robert Jackson

If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion, or force citizens to confess by word or act.

What we're doing is making the connection to the kids (about) what it means to be a contributing citizen. That leaves a door open for communication.

Mo Ibrahim

Africa's success stories are delivering the whole range of the public goods and services that citizens have a right to expect and are forging a path that we hope more will follow.

George F. Will

Actually, there is only one ''first question'' of government, and it is ''How should we live?'' or ''What kind of people do we want our citizens to be?''

Spanish citizens must be consulted before Congress takes irreversible steps.

Rosa Parks

so that the citizens of the United States may pay their last respects to this great American.

Frank Jackson

So what we have to do is let them know how important this election is for the future of the city, how important it is for their well-being as citizens of the city of Cleveland.

Muhammadu Buhari

Boosting education will be a direct counterbalance to Boko Haram's appeal. In particular we must educate more young girls, ensuring they will grow up to be empowered through learning to play their full part as citizens of Nigeria and pull themselves up and out of poverty.

This is a city that has gone through cataclysm, and its citizens are desperately ready to let off some steam. This is going to be a Mardi Gras for the ages.

This is an embarrassment to our department, and especially to all our personnel who went to Louisiana and served honorably in helping the citizens of that state to recover from the clutches of disasters.

This is a matter of such great importance to not only Mr. Shaffer, but to all the citizens of Jacksonville.

Roy Wilkins

The players in this drama of frustration and indignity are not commas or semicolons in a legislative thesis; they are people, human beings, citizens of the United States of America.

While I value the good opinion of my fellow citizens as highly as anyone, I may be permitted to say that I am governed by higher considerations than either the favor or the fear of man. I am impelled to the course I have taken because I fear God.

Public officials have a responsibility to count and recognize the votes of all Floridians who voted in this presidential election, ... Factors such as administrative inconvenience, expediency or the limitations of vote-reading machines pale in comparison to protecting the voting rights of our citizens.

James Martin

put the safety of the citizens in jeopardy.

Rasputin being Karl Rove, who thinks these 10 million illegals will become citizens and vote Republican.

Bob Dole

private citizens say all kinds of things all the time. Next question.

Donald Rumsfeld

private citizens say all kinds of things all the time.

Norman Cousins

People who develop the habit of thinking of themselves as world citizens are fulfilling the first requirement of sanity in our time