Quotes About Civic

Think of this: Hundreds of people today are doing things that not a single one of the them would have dared to do at the beginning of the Seventies. We are now living in a truly new and different situation. This is not because the government has become more tolerant; it simply had to get used to the new situation. It has had to yield to continuing pressure from below, which means pressure from all those apparently suicidal or exhibitionistic civic acts.

perhaps all this modern ferment of what's known as 'social conscience' or 'civic responsibility' isn't a result of the sense of duty, but of the old, old craving for beauty.

Voting is a right best exercised by people who have taken time to learn about the issues.

Nobody wants to buy a $60, 000 electric Civic. But people will pay $90, 000 for an electric sports car.

Yet citizens did not speak up because they had always divided themselves up between those (others) who read Vorwärts and those (of us) who did not. You can only preserve the civic order if you step in for your opponent and speak out against your ally.

It's hard to get good answers to why Young Voters are so uninterested in politics. This is probably because it's next to impossible to get someone to think hard about why he's not interested in something. The boredom itself preempts inquiry; the fact of the feeling's enough.

The misgovernment of the American people is misgovernment by the American people.

Like a new nation, Wikipedia inspires not only fanatic loyalty but also moral and civic dogmatism. Just as the U.S. uses its "Peace Corps" to rehabilitate imperial depredation with a bushy-tailed front group who teach ancient cultures how to take a dump, Wikipedia gives the radio-active bacteria mound of the Internet a fresh coat of paint.

If you don't vote, you're a moron.

We know that if we're going to remain economically competitive in the world, and viable as a civic democracy, that we're going to have to get more people educated to higher levels.

I just think we have to create the climate so that people will come out on election day and vote.

I love election day, and I love to vote.

If you vote early, great. If you vote on Election Day, great. If you vote absentee, great. But get out and vote.

A lot of times, elections are lost, and the hope of the public is lost because they don't turn out.

Remember to use your vote. Remember to speak out and feel empowered.

I have enormous respect for people who do run for office.

Every American should understand that their vote is secret.

Civic virtue is not best justified in terms of fair play in a cooperative enterprise for mutual advantage, because citizenship is not a strictly reciprocal relationship in which people receive benefits in proportion to their contributions, but a joint relationship that realises the common good of freedom and self-government.

Dishonesty in government is the business of every citizen. It is not enough to do your own job. There's no particular virtue in that. Democracy isn't a gift. It's a responsibility.

A constitutional democracy is in serious trouble if its citizenry does not have a certain degree of education and civic virtue.

A republican government can only be supported by virtue; and the end of all our legislation should be to encourage our fellow citizens in its daily practice.

Sanitation and cleanliness are among the humblest of the civic virtues, and it is easy to underestimate their significance.

The most important political office is that of the private citizen.

At its most basic the democratic contract is a simple one: the right to vote comes with a responsibility to society, through tax payments and citizenship.