Quotes About Citizenship

Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you!

All must admit that the reception of the teachings of Christ results in the purest patriotism, in the most scrupulous fidelity to public trust, and in the best type of citizenship.

I repeat... that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.

We need to discuss the basis of a new form of trust built on a meaningful form of citizenship appropriate for a republic.

The vote is a trust more delicate than any other, for it involves not just the interests of the voter, but his life, honor and future as well.

After all, if you can't trust governments, whom can you trust?

Teaching music is not my main purpose. I want to make good citizens. If children hear fine music from the day of their birth and learn to play it, they develop sensitivity, discipline and endurance. They get a beautiful heart.

On the one hand, they had most of the legal freedoms, the literal assurance that they were considered full political citizens of society - and yet they had no power. They had educational opportunities - and yet were unable, and not expected, to employ them. They had freedoms of clothing and sex mores that they had demanded - and yet they were still sexually exploited.

I, for one, do not wish to live in a world where everything is planned: I would much rather have liberty to make a fool of myself than become an ideal citizen by regulation. - George Taylor

CWC (Church Women Concerned) enabled us as women in that part of South Africa, to see ourselves as ordinary citizens who found themselves in decidedly far from ordinary circumstances. In truth, some of us were not even considered citizens, strictly speaking: the African had, by this time, been completely deprived of that privilege.

For he might have been a Roosian,A French or Turk or Proosian,Or perhaps Itali-an.But in spite of all temptationsTo belong to other nations,He remains an Englishman.

The best argument against democracy is a five minute talk with the average voter.

You are Americans. You love this country. Together we are entrusted with the principles that represent mankind's greatest political and social achievement.

I'd like to say is that I am a patriotic, loyal American. I love my country and the values that it stands for. And I am a Muslim.

Love of country is the Mason's deed; world citizenship is his thought.

I have no plans to seek asylum in the U.S. or elsewhere. I have not thought about citizenship. I love my country, the only problem I have is with the government.

I've lived in America for many years. I mean, I love being a Canadian, but I truly identify with America. I love America so much.

You spoiled children think that democracy is a God-given right! You expect it, you demand it! Well, now you're going to have a chance to practice it!

You can blame the politicians, the businessmen, the generals, the machine... But really, if you're looking to blame someone: blame me. I'm the American System. I'm the machine. That's the price of living in a democracy: we all gotta take the rap.

Every man has two counties--his own and America.

No man can choose to serve only himself when he has something to offer his state. No one can put his own wishes above the needs of so many.

Some feel that it is fair for those with incomes under a certain dollar amount not to pay any federal tax. They say that these people are too poor and it would be a great burden to require them to contribute to the common pot. While I appreciate their compassion, serious problems arise when a person who pays nothing has the right to vote and determine what other people are paying.

John Adams when he said, "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.

In recent decades we have seen significant deviation regarding the equal application of the laws, but again, it is not too late to rectify the situation if we the people of the United States take enough interest in our political situation to exercise our right as voters and put people in office who will uphold our Constitution.