Quotes About Citizenship

I do not think an enormous permanent underclass is a very good thing to have if you're attempting to operate something that at least pretends sometimes to be a democracy.

The government you elect is the government you deserve.

Either you will control your government, or government will control you.

In the eyes of government we are just one race here. It is American.

Everyone wants to live at the expense of the state. They forget that the state wants to live at the expense of everyone.

Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.

Government is instituted for those who live under it.

It is afraid of an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised - and it should be.

No Taxes. Let's just tip the government 15% if they do a good job.

A decent and manly examination of the acts of government should not only be tolerated, but encouraged.

We're not going to fix government until we fix citizenship.

It must never be unpatriotic to support your country against your government. It must always be unpatriotic to support your government against your country.

Not only do we have a right to know, we have a duty to know what our Government is doing in our name.

When government accepts responsibility for people, then people no longer take responsibility for themselves.

In proportion as you give the state power to do things for you, you give it power to do things to you.

Love of country is nowhere the same as love of government.

The answer to one is the answer to all. Government by 'the people' is expedient or it is not. If it is expedient, then obviously all the people must be included.

Every segment of our population, and every individual, has a right to expect from his government a fair deal.

A republic is not an easy form of government to live under, and when the responsibility of citizenship is evaded, democracy decays and authoritarianism takes over.

Democracy is not a form of government, but a form of social organisation.

The true slogan of a true democracy is not 'Let the Government do it' but rather, 'let's do it ourselves'.... This is the spirit of a people dedicated to helping themselves and one another.

It is one of the great tragedies of the US, that most learn most of what they know about the government from the government.

What I can't understand is, how can anybody figure now that the government can support us, when we support the government.

The true foundation of republican government is the equal right of every citizen in his person and property and in their management.