Quotes About Citizenship

Patriotism is merely deeply-rooted government brand loyalty.

A woman should have the ballot, because without this responsibility she cannot best develop her moral courage.

in John Adams' words, "Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for the government of any other.

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.

He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

The punishment we suffer, if we refuse to take an interest in matters of government, is to live under the government of worse men.

whether in battle or in a court of law, or in any other place, he must do what his city and his country order him; or he must change their view of what is just:

They next proceed to make a law which fixes a sum of money as the qualification of citizenship; the sum is higher in one place and lower in another, as the oligarchy is more or less exclusive; and they allow no one whose property falls below the amount fixed to have any share in the government. These changes in the constitution they effect by force of arms, if intimidation has not already done their work.

Mas la verdad es, creo yo, lo siguiente: la ciu­dad en que estén menos ansiosos por ser gobernantes quienes hayan de serlo, ésa ha de ser forzosamente la que viva mejor y con menos disensiones que ninguna; y la que tenga otra clase de gobernantes, de modo distinto.

Everyone should think it a disgrace and unworthy of a gentleman, if any citizen devotes the whole of any night to sleep.

If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.

In a city composed wholly of good men there would be a great unwillingness to rule

ION: Why, Socrates, the reason is, that my countrymen, the Ephesians, are the servants and soldiers of Athens, and do not need a general; and you and Sparta are not likely to have me, for you think that you have enough generals of your own.

Peacefully, and patriotically make your voices heard.

Another way of indicating the importance of immigration to America is to point out that every American who ever lived, with the exception of one group, was either an immigrant himself or a descendant of immigrants. The

Raise children who are grateful in general, and grateful to be an American in particular, or grateful to be the citizen of any decent country, who don't complain much, who learn to handle losing, and who are guided by values, not feelings. In other words, teach them how to be happy adults.

Unlike other countries, the United States is more an idea than a place, ethnicity, or race. Unfortunately, most American young people today cannot answer, What is America for? What is it about? Why was it founded? Why is it different? They can't answer these questions because they haven't been taught an answer.

I remembered seeing the lines of people who had waited for hours and hours to vote in the first democratic election in South Africa in 1994. The lines snaked on for miles. I remember wondering at the time, as U.S. voter turnout was hovering under forty percent, how long that sense of joy and appreciation for the right to vote would last and whether there was any way to revive it in America among those who have never been denied the right to vote.

They need to be re-supplied with energy, and that energy comes from asking not what your country can do for you, but from what you can do for your country.

People need to know, before I'm associated with any party, I am an American, and that's what I want to drive home at the RNC.

I was born in Australia and am proud of my Australian provenance, but I am now an American. Like so many naturalized citizens, I felt that I was an American before I formally became one.

But we must create in each person a sense of responsibility in order that each one of us can have the right to enjoy all his rights.

It's less about Trump and more about the people... If the American people are willing to elect someone like that president, then that's more of a problem.