Quotes About Citizens

I love America for the freedom and equality it promises all of its citizens, the battles it has fought and won in defense of those values, and the peace and prosperity we enjoy.

I think progressives understand that we are Americans at the same time as we are global citizens. We are interested first and foremost in creating peace and prosperity here at home, but we aren't blind to the fact that injustice anywhere in the world is meaningful, important, and worth thinking about.

Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.

Americans chose a limited government that exists to protect our rights, not to grant them.

A fundamental duty of government is to protect its people.

There's one job of government and that's to protect its citizens and protect those in law enforcement.

I thought that the AIVD was there to protect citizens like me.

But in my district I have heard from law enforcement officials and across the State of Florida about how much this JAG funding helps them fight crime, and to protect and serve the citizens within their jurisdiction.

The job of the government isn't to go around and try and make people sacrifice, it's to try and make people free. The reason why we have a national defense is to protect our freedoms.

If the federal government won't secure the border, the State of Arizona will step in to complement federal efforts in a constitutional manner and protect the security of its citizens.

The Second Amendment is, of course, very much part of the American fabric. But the intent of the founders was that the amendment protected the rights of citizens to bear arms in a militia for their collective self-defense.

Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing.

I think the government has a role in protecting the fundamental rights of its citizens.

Our government is not protecting us. They are exploiting us.

I am not saying that government has nothing to offer. Government has an important role in fostering an environment conducive to business creation while also protecting its citizens. These are not mutually exclusive.

I don't understand why it's controversial for law-abiding citizens protecting themselves under the Second Amendment.

Hungary will stop at nothing when it comes to protecting its citizens.

We are a nation of borders and - I mean, that is one of the main things that the federal government is in charge with, and that is protecting the citizens of the United States and our whole nation.

In addition to protecting the rights of every citizen of our country, our Constitution makes the citizens of the country mindful of their duties.

It is not natural or inevitable that half the world goes hungry; that the freedom of markets trumps protection of the planet; or that citizens' rights come second to those of corporations.

Because the Second Amendment is an incomprehensible mess, because too many lobbyists have argued that it is an absolute protection of actions and items never considered at the time of our nation's founding, and because there is a clear state interest in protecting the lives of its citizens, the words must be removed from the Constitution.

If state protects the rights of people, they start respecting the state.

The Fourth Amendment protects the privacy of us all - from ordinary citizens up to candidates for president. If we allow this precious right to be ignored when dealing with a presidential campaign, it can be ignored when dealing with the rest of us.

India is the biggest democracy. We have the right to say what we want to say, and people have the right to protest.