Quotes About Civic

In the days ahead we must not consider it unpatriotic to raise certain basic questions about our national character.

Virtue in a republic is the love of one's country, that is the love of equality.

Kids don't vote.

Putnam and Campbell put their findings bluntly: By many different measures religiously observant Americans are better neighbors and better citizens than secular Americans—they are more generous with their time and money, especially in helping the needy, and they are more active in community life.60

Religiosity turns out to be the best indicator of civic involvement: it's more accurate than education, age, income, gender or race.

Frequent worshippers are also significantly more active citizens. They are more likely to belong to community organizations, especially those concerned with young people, health, arts and leisure, neighborhood and civic groups and professional associations.

Pretty much all I say politically is I encourage people to register to vote.

Robust social infrastructure doesn't just protect our democracy; it contributes to economic growth.

Democracy must begin at home, and its home is the neighborly community.

oo many people are profoundly illiterate in power (TED Talk: Why ordinary people need to understand power). As a result, it's become ever easier for those who do understand how power operates in civic life to wield a disproportionate influence and fill the void created by the ignorance of the majority.

So Franklin, without feeling the need to explain himself much, is bluntly saying that "freedom requires virtue." And that less virtue inevitably begets less freedom.

it won't count for much in this office, but I have served two terms as an elected member of the Montgomery Township,

It is the State which educates its citizens in civic virtue, gives them a consciousness of their mission and welds them into unity.

The function of a citizen and a soldier are inseparable.

Benjamin Franklin

I've been very engaged in Illinois and Chicago civic activities for a long time; mostly around building businesses and helping entrepreneurs grow companies, but also around education and education reform.

Pretty much all I say politically is I encourage people to register to vote.

Get out and vote. If you can't vote, then register other people to vote. Get people to the polls; make sure that people who need to vote can vote.

I really wish everyone at the age of 18 would register and would vote.

You want young people to vote, make Election Day a national holiday.

I think that Election Day is the closest thing we have to a civic sacrament, when people meet their neighbors at the firehouse or the school and they vote at the same time.

Over time, though, the team was able to arrive at a coherent set of principles to guide a shift in strategy. Under the emerging plan, U.S. officials across agencies would be expected to deliver a consistent and coordinated message on the need for reform; they would develop specific recommendations for liberalizing political and civic life in various countries and offer a range of new incentives to encourage their adoption. By

But a nation gloats on the hostility of its enemies, whereas Hallie had proved the malevolence of some men we supplied with machine guns. Hallie was a skeleton in the civic closet.

The shah did not tolerate dissent and repressed opposition newspapers, political parties, trade unions, and civic groups. As a result, the only place Iranian dissidents could find a home was in mosques and religious schools