Quotes About Citizens

A state of war is not a blank check for the president when it comes to the rights of the nation's citizens.

Of course, freedom is not free. Taxpayers pay for it.

What does our commitment to nonviolence mean as citizens of one of the most powerful and oppressive nations in recorded history?

Are you really questioning the wisdom of central planning? Because the happy citizens of Cuba and North Korea beg to differ.

Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.

Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.

The people must fight for their laws as for their walls.

Choice by the people themselves is not generally distinguished for its wisdom.

For Peñalosa, TransMilenio was a crucial victory. "If, in a democracy, all citizens are equal before the law, then a bus with one hundred passengers should have the right to one hundred times more road space than a car carrying only one person. When a fast-moving bus passes cars stuck in a total traffic jam, it is an unconscious and extremely powerful symbol that shows that democracy is really at work, and it gives a whole new legitimacy to the state and social organization.

True democracy focuses on the public interest; it defends the common good and protects its citizens - especially the weak and the vulnerable. We maintain that no democracy can survive without the powerful notions of compassion and public service. The level of wealth inequality in this country has gotten so far out of hand, the quantity of compassion so diminished, that the very future of democracy is at stake." ? & Cornel West

Los ciudadanos corrompidos incuban gobernantes corruptos, y es la multitud la que, a fin de cuentas, decide cuándo ha de morir la virtud».

la clase media sirve para algo, es para trabajar y pagar impuestos con los que podamos sobornar a la plebe de Roma y tenerla contenta y dócil. Es cierto que los plebeyos de Roma son como animales, pero son muchos y necesitamos sus votos para alcanzar el poder. Que la clase media nos sirva hasta el final, porque los nuevos ciudadanos no piensan más que en el trabajo, la industria, el ahorro y otras preocupaciones vulgares por el estilo.»

Corrupt citizens breed corrupt rulers, and it is the mob who finally decides when virtue shall die.

Our government should speak a common language with the American people - plain English.

As the former state speaker of the North Caroline House of Representatives, I helped push two landmark bills that protected and expanded gun rights for citizens.

Legally speaking, there are no such things as 'public rights,' as distinguished from individual rights. Legally speaking, there is no such creature or thing as 'the public.'

We have a government that, generally speaking, does not respond to the people.

I will run an open government that speaks with honesty, seeks opinion, listens to its citizens.

I've made it clear that I'm not taking special interest PAC money or accepting donations from lobbyists - ever. I want to represent the interests of the citizens.

We need to be discussing issues specifically to help the American people. And that would not include illegal aliens.

When it comes to free speech and participation in the democratic process, our laws should reflect the goal of making it easier for more citizens to engage.

We are also ignoring and underfunding high speed rail which is one of the best ways to move citizens and improve congestion on our highways.

The government should urgently speed its adoption of AI to reduce the amount of time individuals spend unnecessarily interacting with the government and increase the speed of government response to citizens.

Coolidge believed that government officials who tell themselves that spending benefits the economy delude themselves and the citizens. Government budgets promote human freedom.