Famous Quotes & Sayings

James Madison

Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob.

Frank Chodorov

At first it was the incomes of corporations, then of rich citizens, then of well-provided widows and opulent workers, and finally the wealth of housemaids and the tips of waitresses. This is all in line with the ability to pay doctrine. The poor, simply because there are more of them, have more ability to pay than the rich.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Every American citizen must have an equal right to vote. There is no reason which can excuse the denial of that right. There is no duty which weighs more heavily on us than the duty we have to ensure that right.

Fred W. Friendly

What we don't know as a nation and as a citizen can kill us.

Jimmy Carter

Unfortunately, every American citizen takes the same position that we don't like negative advertisements. But they work! And, as you see, many a candidate has prevailed by tearing down the reputation of an opponent in a more advantageous position.

The Legislature is supposed to represent the citizens of the state, and I don't think on this issue they're reflecting the will of the people.

Don Wallace

The main purpose is to connect to a large number of our citizens that are supportive of the city seal and let them know how they can get involved and how they can support the issue.

John Ashcroft

America's farmers should not be used as pawns in foreign policy disputes, ... The only people hurt by food embargoes are U.S. farmers and innocent citizens of other countries.

Jack Johnson

All of these citizens coming here will be treated with dignity and respect and love, ... And we will help them get back on their feet.

Elayne Boosler

Citizens are all equal in politics: we each have one vote.

Edward Bellamy

The nation guarantees the nurture, education, and comfortable maintenance of every citizen from the cradle to the grave.

The mayor has abused his power, the citizens of this city have to do something about that.

Hilaire Belloc

But if we are to retain freedom, then we can only do so by keeping the determining mass of the citizens the possessors of property with personal control over it, as individuals or as families. For property is the necessary condition of economic freedom in the full sense of that term. He that has not property is under economic servitude to him who has property, whether the possessor of it be another individual or the State.

Henry L. Stimson

Their racial characteristics are such that we cannot understand or trust even the citizen Japanese.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

A citizen can hardly distinguish between a tax and a fine, except that the fine is generally much lighter.

It seems that this is another example of heavy trucks that are forced off the interstate and onto local roads, where they put Maine citizens and motorists needlessly at risk.

For many years we've been concerned that citizens just don't feel connected with their elected officials. There's not a lot of interest until something happens and then there's complaints. We thought this would help to increase interest in government and voting.

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,

This points out the need to have private enforcement. It gives private citizens some recourse to protect themselves.

This (ordinance) looks like a pure taxation on the citizens of Marion.

There's 27 U.S. citizens missing as we speak.

It results in unnecessary secrecy that leaves citizens in the dark.

It really should be characterized as two taxpaying citizens being thrown off campus. They should not characterize it as a personnel matter, but as us, people outside the system, non-employees, who have a problem with the way a school is operating.

They're senior citizens and we let them have the day off.

They're being good citizens without the right to citizenship.

Rebecca MacKinnon

The relationship between citizens and government is increasingly mediated through the Internet.

There was a lot of outcry from the citizens over vineyard impacts.

It's a terrible deal for the citizens of Encinitas.

I took the first drink to fulfill the government's solemn promise made a few days ago to the citizens that water supply will be restored,

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.

Corrine Brown

This administration is cutting the programs that our Nation and its citizens need most, while dissolving the safety nets created to protect the elderly and less fortunate in this wealthy Nation.