Quotes About Citizens

We can hardly pride ourselves on being the world's preeminent democracy, after all, if the large numbers of citizens spend half their waking hours in what amounts, in plain terms, to a dictatorship.

The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.

Better that right counsels be known to enemies than that the evil secrets of tyrants should be concealed from the citizens. They who can treat secretly of the affairs of a nation have it absolutely under their authority; and as they plot against the enemy in time of war, so do they against the citizens in time of peace.

The purpose of the state is really freedom.

Der Endzweck des Staates ist [...] im Grund die Freiheit.

Better that right counsels be known to enemies than that the evil secrets of tyrants should be concealed from citizens.

As one of the principal responsibilities of the government is to safeguard its citizens, it is entirely reasonable that it should look at what more might be done to improve security.

We are giving the citizens of Poland a sense that a reasonable and predictable government is ruling here.

Receiving an economic boost from the digital era is not a luxury - it is essential to ensuring that Europe continues to grow and deliver levels of prosperity that meet the rising expectations of its citizens.

For most of human history, the main goal of states has been to conquer land and to achieve glory for their rulers, usually at others' expense. Then in recent decades it was all about GDP. It's only in very recent history that rulers have been willing to commit themselves to helping their citizens live happier lives.

In recent years it's become really apparent, the division between what government is and what communities want.

The modern state no longer has anything but rights; it does not recognize duties any more.

I think if we go back and check our record, the Negro has proven beyond a doubt that we have been more than patient in seeking our rights as American citizens.

In the Federal Government, electronic records are as indispensable as their paper counterparts for documenting citizens' rights, the actions for which officials are accountable, and the nation's history.

We need to be very well aware of the fact that China and Russia are using technology to attack us, just as ISIS is using technology to recruit those who would murder American citizens.

My company in the U.S., Pratt Industries U.S.A., has grown from scratch to become a billion-dollar business based on recycling, as well as the largest Australian-owned employer of U.S. citizens.

It is necessary above all that the citizens, who have rallied round the constitution, should be assured that the rights it guarantees will be respected with such a scrupulous fidelity as will reduce to despair its enemies, hidden or avowed.

You don't reduce crime by taking away guns from law-abiding citizens.

I've made a commitment to attracting 21st Century jobs to Alabama so that our hard-working citizens can count on a more secure future for their families and communities.

I'm committed to facilitating the creation of good jobs across Alabama and expanding opportunities for the state's hard-working citizens.

As your Governor, I will not stand complicit to a policy that places the citizens of Alabama in harm's way.

Now our job, our duty, our responsibility to ensure the safety and security of our citizens cannot be complete unless we guarantee health care security for our citizens.

If you can't educate your citizens and you can't keep them healthy, you can't begin to be a society.

It's no small thing for the citizens of your state to say we want you to represent us at the highest level of our government.