Quotes About Citizens

I don't think that we'll support any state that is prepared to discriminate against the citizens of Connecticut.

I believe that in order for our democratic system to work as intended, the average person must have faith in their government. Citizens must believe that our system is working to represent them, and that it is capable of advancing issues like healthcare access, lowering prescription drug costs and improving infrastructure.

John Conyers' office has been very responsive to citizen concerns and the Internet has presented a way to communicate with them in a way that's never before been there.

I did not become president to be popular. To work, to lead, to protect and preserve our country, our people, that is why I became president.

President Biden should put Americans First.

I agree with President Trump that we need good jobs in this country, but let's get to that business rather than the distractions of repealing Obamacare or raiding communities and taking otherwise law-abiding, contributing citizens away from their families.

We need to preserve jobs in America for American citizens first, and none of the other presidential candidates are - are addressing this issue. It's not politically correct, but it is one thing we could do right away to have jobs in America for American citizens first.

I love presidential campaigns. It is a time when people are feeling what is going on in the heart of our country.

Elected presidents are for countries.

I think that in Mexico, we must change some practices that were built during the 72 years of predominance in Mexico. Former presidents would just hide away, run away or disappear. And I think it's key in a democracy that presidents face people, see eye to eye to citizens and work to keep on contributing to the - to Mexico.

Decision making in a democracy depends above all on knowledge and not just the intel available to presidents and policymakers.

There is nothing more important to a democracy than an active and engaged press.

You want a culture where citizens are free to express themselves and so live in the openness necessary to the functioning of a successful economy? Israel has a free press, much of it openly hostile to the parties in power.

In local government, it's very clear to your customers - your citizens - whether or not you're delivering. Either that pothole gets filled in, or it doesn't. The results are very much on display, and that creates a very healthy pressure to innovate.

So we've never had a President of the United States ask anything of black citizens. And I think the reason for that is they've all felt that if they presume to do that, that they would be stigmatized as racist.

India cannot pretend anymore that none of its citizens fancy membership to the Global Jehad club. We need to examine where our secularism has failed.

As a government, it is our responsibility to maintain security for all citizens in Darfur.

Dealing with politicians, that's a little different. But government doesn't change until people demand it.

Citizens and consumers are demanding that climate change and environmental issues be taken seriously.

As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and the law-abiding, the beginning and the end.

We're not a democracy.

The essence of a democracy is a free electorate.

There are lots of people depending on the government who are good, honest citizens who have worked all their lives.

The American people deserve their government to be open and accountable.