Quotes About Citizenship

Those who stay away from the election think that one vote will do no good. 'Tis but one step more to think one vote will do no harm.

The antidote to this abuse of formal government, is, the influence of private character, the growth of the Individual.

Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country

Suppose someone were to describe a small country that provided free education through university for all of its citizens, transportation for schoolchildren, and free health care - including heart surgery - for all. You might suspect that a country is either phenomenally rich or on the fast track to fiscal crisis.

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In 1779, Jefferson proposed, for his state of Virginia, a guarantee of equality for citizens of all beliefs, and nonbeliefs—"meant to comprehend, within the mantle of its protection," Jefferson wrote, "the Jew and the Gentile, the Christian and Mahometan, the Hindoo, and infidel of every denomination.

A man's highest happiness is found in the bestowal of benefits on those he loves; love finds its most natural and spontaneous expression in giving.  The man who has nothing to give cannot fill his place as a husband or father, as a citizen, or as a man.  It is in the use of material things that a man finds full life for his body, develops his mind, and unfolds his soul.  It is therefore of supreme importance to him that he should be rich.

We are not educated well enough to perform the necessary act of intelligently selecting our leaders.

People often say that, in a democracy, decisions are made by a majority of the people. Of course, that is not true. Decisions are made by a majority of those who make themselves heard and who vote - a very different thing.

We must have a citizenship less concerned about what the government can do for it and more anxious about what it can do for the nation.

Our most dangerous tendency is to expect too much of government, and at the same time do for it too little.

Honesty is the great essential. It exalts the individual citizenship, and, without honesty, no man deserves the confidence of the people in private pursuit or in public office.

you might not be interested in politics, but politics is interested in you.

When a fearful people expects everything from its government, tyranny will always arise.

Denounce the government and embracethe flag. Hope to live in that freerepublic for which it stands.

The Constitution does not provide for first and second class citizens.

The manna of popular liberty must be gathered each day or it is rotten.

If someone wants citizenship quickly, he goes to Sweden. For young people who like to have fun, the Netherlands is the choice. Germany is for people who want to study and work.

Two minutes after she entered the building, a light appeared in a third-floor window. A rapid check of a government property database indicated that the unit in question was owned by an Isabel Brenner, a citizen of the Federal Republic of Germany. A further check revealed that she served as a compliance officer in the Zurich office of RhineBank AG, otherwise known as the world's dirtiest bank

Whatever makes men good christians, makes them good citizens.

I shall know but one country. The ends I aim at shall be my country, my God & Truth. I was born an American; I live an American; I shall die an American.

I was born an American; I will live an American; I shall die an American.

We are all agents of the same supreme power, the people

We might simply ask about all our encounters with others in our polity, "Would I treat a friend this way?" When we can answer "yes," we are on the way to developing a citizenship that is neither domination nor acquiescence.