Quotes About Citizens

Seoul will do what it can do, such as letting citizens participate in cutting energy use or in producing more of their own energy. This is how we can thwart the increase in nuclear plants.

A republic has been established, and our compatriots in Mongolia, Tibet, Qinghai and Xinjiang, who have always been a part of China, are all now Chinese citizens who are masters of their country.

Stemming the tide of special interest campaign cash - and restoring fiscal responsibility in Congress - is no easy task. But there is one place where concerned citizens in both parties can begin: Changing the source of money that funds all campaigns.

I will defend Europe; it is our civilisation which is at stake... I will work to rebuild ties between Europe and its citizens.

Frequent mobs, seditions, and at last civil wars, became common, while a few leading men on whom the masses were dependent, affected supreme power under the seemly pretence of seeking the good of senate and people; citizens were judged good or bad, without reference to their loyalty to the republic (for all were equally corrupt); but the wealthy and dangerously powerful were esteemed good citizens, because they maintained the existing state of things.

That the said Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press or the rights of conscience or to prevent the people of the United states who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms...

The more freely a librarian mingles with readers, and the greater the amount of assistance he renders them, the more intense does the conviction of citizens become, that the library is a useful institution, and the more willing do they grow to grant money in larger and larger sums to be used in buying books and employing additional assistants.

Rutherford held that the people were the "fountain-power" of political authority, and that they were the ones who delegated this authority to the magistrates. He also demonstrated that when such authority was abused, the people had the authority to rescind that delegation.

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

We have long since made it clear that a state of war is not a blank check for the President when it comes to the rights of the Nation's citizens.

We have long since made clear that a state of war is not a blank check for the President when it comes to the rights of the Nation's citizens.

We pay a price when we deprive children of the exposure to the values, principles, and education they need to make them good citizens.

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

You have citizens who don't understand how government works and they're kind of soured on it. All they do is criticize. They have no idea that they can make things happen.

The Niger Delta is an occupied territory. Citizens raise their hands in the creeks each time they see the military

Let us seize the special opportunity that is ours to act boldly and decisively at a time when the eyes of our fellow citizens, both present and future, are upon us.

Like all of you I'm angry. I'm angry at what's happening to our nation. Citizens, it's time to take our country back.

Democracy in our time is more likely to die of indifference than of intolerance.

Giving people a lot of consumer products but not giving them information is like giving people lots of candy but withholding basic nourishment. Perhaps if you give people a way to make more money, they won't notice that you've taken away something even more precious. If you legitimize their self-centeredness, they'll be more likely to forget about their ancestors, their fellow citizens, or their descendants.

If you legitimize their self-centeredness, they'll be more likely to forget about their ancestors, their fellow citizens, or their descendants.

La poderosa Unión Soviética contra la que Aron se batió toda su vida se ha extinguido, víctima de su propia incapacidad para satisfacer las ambiciones de sus millones de ciudadanos y la ha reemplazado un régimen autoritario e imperial, de capitalismo gansteril y mercantilista, que parece la continuación del viejo zarismo autoritario y prepotente.

Um Estado laico não é inimigo da religião; é um Estado que, para resguardar a liberdade dos cidadãos, desviou a prática religiosa da esfera pública para o âmbito que lhe corresponde, que é o da esfera privada. Porque quando a religião e o Estado se confundem, desaparece irremediavelmente a [L]iberdade.

Carson was persuaded that many experts either failed to recognize or chose to ignore the potential hazards of pesticides. She was convinced that the weight of her scientific evidence would defeat the skeptics among them. And once the public had the necessary information, citizens could make informed decisions about what Carson believed was a matter of life and death.

Big Government means small citizens: it corrodes the integrity of a people, catastrophically.