Quotes About Civic

More students have a better knowledge of pop culture than of the Constitution.

Half of the American people never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.

Fifty percent of people won't vote, and fifty percent don't read newspapers. I hope it's the same fifty percent.

Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.

Esa sociedad ha democratizado su sistema electoral, pero no sus valores y su cultura cívica. Era demasiado moderna para vivir en el molde de PRI. No es suficientemente moderna para construir una democracia estable.

También, de la débil pedagogía que baja de nuestras escuelas, de nuestras iglesias, de nuestra vida intelectual, y de los malos hábitos y las pobres convicciones cívicas de la sociedad.

Las leyes incumplibles, compendios éticos de sueños nacionales, tienen un efecto invisible profundamente corruptor sobre la cultura cívica

He had neither companions nor friends, church nor creed. He lived his spiritual life without any communion with others, visiting his relatives at Christmas and escorting them to the cemetery when they died. He performed these two social duties for old dignity's sake but conceded nothing further to the conventions which regulate the civic life.

Both my brothers played football. My mother had season tickets as a school board member. I was in the band, my sister was in the band. The thing was, the unifying civic activity was obsession over high school football.

There's something unique about the United States, a sense of individual rights and freedoms, and a sense of social and civic responsibility that we contributed to so much of the world. We lost that mission in the 1980s and 1990s, when we entered a gilded age, and the culture of individualism became a culture of avarice.

When spiritualism dawned, suddenly women who wanted to engage in the civic and religious and political culture were becoming transmediums.

Corporations often partner with government after natural disasters, as many companies did in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. As a rule, however, long-term civic/corporate partnerships are still rare .But this need not remain the status quo, as many opportunities are available for such partnerships.

In some ways, it's better that Obama got elected than McCain. I'd rather be stabbed in the chest with an Obama steak knife than to have been slowly bled to death with McCain paper cuts. Say what you will, but Obama has brought about a patriotic and civic renaissance, the likes of which I have never seen.

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government

You know, people should be able to vote free of any harassment, intimidation, obstacles, et cetera.

Through his self-improvement tips for cultivating personal virtues and his civic-improvement schemes for furthering the common good, he helped to create, and to celebrate, a new ruling class of ordinary citizens

Franklin and, by extension, the Junto were particularly fond of things that could help the public as well as themselves.

No statues, please. School or statue? Hospital or statue? No need to explain further.

Voting is a civic sacrament, which should not be exercised carelessly.

Vote! It's your superpower.

Vote like your rights depend on it — they do.

Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.

Voting is the language of democracy.

Make no mistake, here in our time, it's more important than ever that we show up to vote, not just this year, but every year and in every election. Every voice must be heard and every vote must be counted.