Famous Quotes & Sayings

New Hampshire has taken a number of steps to make themselves a leader nationally in preparing for pandemic influenza. Preparation works, and these funds will help states and communities develop the plans they need to keep their citizens safe.

John Danforth

France is clearly going to defend French troops and French citizens that are under attack.

frightening the public with tales of a drug so seductive it instantly turns masses of upstanding citizens into addicts who ruin their health, their lives and their families.

Dick Cheney

I encourage you and your fellow citizens to work at home and in the world for the growth of international cooperation.

For the time being there is no reason to panic in Europe. The risk for citizens to have this virus is minimal.

Glory is fleeting. Freedom is not free. They depend on efforts of citizens like you and me,

Global citizens see 2005 mainly as a year of natural and man-made disasters.

If you are going to live in this country, we wanted to have the rights that American citizens have. Very proud day.

If you are a U.S. citizen, it doesn't matter where in the world you are.

If the citizens can only (rely on) the government to defend their property, then the right to a clean and healthful environment is an extremely limited right.

If the federal government did their job, citizens would not be taking the law into their own hands. I'm sympathetic to their goals, but would prefer security tasks be handled by professionals.

One of the difficulties is when the veterans are given a tax break, the rest of the citizens are going to be taxed more heavily.

Tom Daschle

I was struck by how vacant the galleries were and so few seniors citizens looking down, ... What you saw instead were lobbyists packing the halls. They will do well. Our seniors will not, and that is why the fight will go on.

David Vitter

I was really uplifted here. There are heroes to this story and they are the local leaders and private citizens who banded together in the individual communities that were devastated to just get the job done in the initial days, with no help in those initial days coming in from outside, they got it done and they are the real heroes.

If we do that, we're setting ourselves up for something a whole lot worse. We need to make sure that everyone's interests are taken into consideration, but the interests of U.S. citizens should be predominant.

James Mitchell

If we had waited for the government to get us out of there, we would have died. It took the citizens there to get us help.

If we do not take extra taxes, we will not be able to provide what citizens depend upon us for.

She will be with a strong family, I can guarantee the citizens of New York about that.

I look forward to speaking with the citizens of Pulaski County about how the judicial system works. Not only am I willing to present the Pillar of Justice Program about the court system, I'm also willing to speak at special events such as Memorial or Veteran's Day, or during special school activities.

Jan Brewer

I have a responsibility as an elected governor to govern and when I say govern, that means to make sure that our citizens are safe and we need the federal government to step up and do their job. They need to secure our borders.

James A. Garfield

The right of private judgment is absolute in every American citizen.

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 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.

If folks don't think government and their fellow citizens are up to the task, they may not feel that they are, either. What's civic morale going to be like, long term? I don't think we can say yet. We haven't ever seen anything like this.

Brad Little

I can't tell you how many hearings we've had where first off people can't hear, even if they get in there, because they're just not designed that well, and second there's just not that much room, ... After the staff and the press gets in there, there might be room for 15 citizens.

Mordechai Vanunu

I am asking the state of Israel to revoke my citizenship. This wish for revocation of citizenship is neither new nor recent. Now, however, it is supported by the new Revocation of Citizenship Law.

I don't want us to forget for one minute, the shortage of physicians. That's what our citizens are interested in - how we're going to get a doctor.

Our first priority is to provide information to U.S. citizens to try to meet their needs.

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.

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 government's failure to provide equal protection to all of its citizens and its refusal to implement court orders have grave implications for the rule of law in Zimbabwe.

Aaron Schock

Quite frankly, I think if a man or a woman likes their American job, wherever they were born, they should be able to keep that job. We need a clear path to citizenship for workers who are already here and a fair and efficient on-ramp for those who want to come here.

The only time elected officials are really dangerous is when they don't think we the citizens are paying attention.