Famous Quotes & Sayings

Our trade negotiators are pushing a plan that would undermine the forest protections that U.S. citizens fought so hard to obtain,

Bertie Ahern

Such a proposal would show citizens the EU was working in their interests.

George Murphy

Sure we have our backsliders. But for every backslider we have hundreds of fine, clean, decent, law abiding citizens in Hollywood. These are the ones who interest me. The others don't exist. I'm not interested in their antics. They're bums.

Geoff Mulgan

States which used to communicate directly to their citizens now do so through the media, where their messages are reshaped by the logics of news values and commentary.

My slogan is ordinary citizens pay so millionaires can play. We don't mean that local people want to shut out the rest of the world. But we don't want to be shut out either.

Hun Sen

My only request is that I want to be a normal citizen. I don't need anything. I would like to recognize the Royal Government and the policy of the Royal Government and the constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia,

My mom was already a U.S. citizen, and that made it easier for everybody else. But we were a family of laborers. We picked grapes, peaches, walnuts, almonds.

Local officials are relying on youth curfews as one way to ensure the safety of the citizens in their communities. The findings of this poll show that enhanced officer training and creative partnerships are common elements in local programs aimed at reinforcing youth curfews.

Jimmy Carter

It is an opportunity to explore issues of mutual interest between our citizens and to share ideas on how to improve the relationship between the United States and Cuba,

Joe Black

It is a wonderful thing to see, the values that these kids are learning. There is a great story with just about every one of them, and the big thing is that because of First Tee there are a lot more good citizens coming out.

I think supporting youths and the senior-citizen population is important. The people in the middle can fight for themselves a little better.

Jews have not only become equal citizens in Western democracies, they have become leading citizens. And, of course, the reestablishment of the State of Israel has given Jews a political presence in the world they have not had since biblical times.

I say now and have often said before, Fathers of the Senate, that a well-disposed and helpful prince, to whom you have given such great and unrestrained power, ought to be the servant of the Senate, often of the citizens as a whole, and sometimes even of individuals.

It has been a pleasure working for the citizens of Rock County, and I really do thank them for the support that they've given in the time that I've been here,

It has been a labor of love for me. I have not tired. I am energized when I am around the citizens of Detroit.

I think voters have sent a strong message this past election that they want someone who will go down and work on issues that are priorities for the citizens in the district. Like traffic congestion and finding solutions to the traffic problems, as well as education and development. As state senator, those are the priorities that I will work on.

Dennis Hastert

It is important that when we rebuild this historic city that we consider the safety of the citizens first.

Jacques Delors

It is impossible to speak of citizenship in Europe without posing the question of the current weakening of democracy within each of our countries.

Retailers get it, they understand the value of being a good citizen.

Jacques Chirac

reflection, which I shall devote to explaining to my fellow citizens what my feelings are on this crisis and the means to remedy it.

Bob Taft

Recent, severe increases in gasoline prices in my state are, to say the least, baffling. Our citizens are demanding, if not complete answers, at least some rational justification for this dramatic price increase.

Randall Terry

Our policies are immoral. This has nothing to do with helping the citizens of China. This has to do with fattening the wallets of American big business.

Our quality of life of our citizens is impacted by the tourism economy that we have,

Jim Turner

Ordinary citizens have to look at their income as opposed to their expenses and determine where they're going to make cutbacks, ... They just decided they needed more money and raised taxes.

Ordinary citizens are obliged and, if need be, compelled by force to meet their commitments. But let higher obligations of an international order be involved, and governments repudiate them, more often than not with a disdainful shrug of the shoulders.

Peace and prosperity prevails when citizens are law abiding.

Robert Stewart

Our only intent was the safety of the survivors and the citizens of this state.

I am looking forward to welcoming our new citizens to Newcastle and I would like to wish them well for the future.

I am just encouraging citizens to walk for our health and our wealth, ... This is actually going to help with the gas situation and our health as well.

I am really interested in the community, especially the citizens in Ward 2. I love Auburn and want to see it continue to take the path it's been taking for awhile.

I am ready, willing, and would be honored to serve the citizens of San Juan County,

Mohammad Khatami

I am sure these people have evil aims. They intend to foster violence in society, and we shall stand in their way ... We take the security of our country and our citizens very seriously,

Richard Perle

But even a nation of laws must understand the limits of legalism. Between 1861 and 1865, the government of the United States took tens of thousands of American citizens prisoner and detained them for years without letting any one of them see a lawyer.