Quotes About Citizenship

The aim of the popularization of economic studies is not to make every man an economist. The idea is to equip the citizen for his civic functions in community life.

Born free. Taxed to death.

One's love for his country is a very sacred emotion that is intertwined with their sense of moral obligation and is an essential part of one's identity.

We are not subjects of an autocratic King, but are citizens of the country contributing to the advancement of our people who pay taxes out of their hard earned income.

It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting.

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

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

Democracy is not just the right to vote, it is the right to live in dignity.

The penalty that good men pay for not being interested in politics is to be governed by men worse than themselves.

I am not anti-American. But I am strongly pro-Canadian.

The state remains, as it was in the beginning, the common enemy of all well-disposed, industrious and decent men.

Amnesty is a terrible policy, and it's terrible politics. It's a terrible policy because you are rewarding people for breaking the law.

I do not think the mere extension of the ballot a panacea for all the ills of our national life. What we need to-day is not simplymore voters, but better voters.

We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it.

The real struggle for us is for the citizen to cease to be the property of the state.

In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith.

People are increasingly beginning to feel that democracy itself is being destroyed by this latest phase of globalization and that politics doesn't matter because it changes nothing.

You can choose not to be interested in politics, but you can't choose to be unaffected by it

People too smart to get involved in politics are doomed to live in societies run by people who aren't.

No America without democracy, no democracy without politics no politics without parties, no parties without compromise and moderation.

Politics matters. Ideas matter. Democracy matters, because all of us need to be able to make a difference.

You know why I got involved in politics? The government is now a majority partner in my life. I am now a minority partner in my own life.

Whoever you are, or want to be, you may not be interested in politics, but politics is interested in you.

I was raised to speak out about politics and the world around me. I would do it whether I was in the public or not. It is the way I was taught. The American way