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Citizens Quotes

New possibilities for a more active democracy are beginning to emerge in the information age. Effective citizen action is possible if citizens develop the abilities to gain access to information of all kinds and the skills to put such information to effective use Picture Quote #1

In modern societies, some members of ethnic minority groups do not want to feel compelled to heed the voices of their communities when participating as citizens Picture Quote #1

The reality is that baby boomers are turning senior citizens and not only is it inhumane, but the system will go broke. There needs to be wholesale change Picture Quote #1

People need immediate places to refresh, reinvent themselves. Our surroundings built and natural alike, have an immediate and a continuing effect on the way we feel and act, and on our health and intelligence. These places have an impact on our sense of self, our sense of safety, the kind of work we get done, the ways we interact with other people, even our ability to function as citizens in a democracy. In short, the places where we spend our time affect the people we are and can become Picture Quote #1

If active or concerned citizens forfeit politics, they thereby abandon their society to its most mediocre and venal public servants Picture Quote #1

We do want our fellow citizens to respect our deeply held conviction that the absence of an afterlife lends a greater, not a lesser, moral importance to our actions on earth Picture Quote #1

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Women are prevented by the threat and reality of male violence from entering public space on equal terms with male citizens Picture Quote #1

Democracy destroys itself because it abuses its right to freedom and equality. Because it teaches its citizens to consider audacity as a right, lawlessness as a freedom, abrasive speech as equality, and anarchy as progress Picture Quote #1

If we are to take for the criterion of truth the majority of suffrages, they ought to be gotten from those philosophic and patriotic citizens who cultivate their reason Picture Quote #1

For a fledging democratic system to succeed, we need citizens who understand the procedures, believe in democratic rules and get personally involved Picture Quote #1

I’m fed up with democracy. In a democracy, people vote for the mayors. I wanted to build a city where I will choose the citizens Picture Quote #1

True citizens are not the audience of their government, nor its consumers; they are its makers Picture Quote #1

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Those gentlemen, who will be elected senators, will fix themselves in the federal town, and become citizens of that town more than of your state Picture Quote #1

A college should feel alarmed rather than pleased if it graduates nothing but good citizens. For when the body politic is composed of nothing but submissive individuals, half of its health and all of its vigor have disappeared Picture Quote #1

Elimination of nuclear weapons, so naive, so simplistic, and so idealistic as to be quixotic? Some may think so. But as human beings, citizens of nations with power to influence events in the world, can we be at peace with ourselves if we strive for less? I think not Picture Quote #1

I have sacrificed my freedom and risked my life in order to expose the danger of nuclear weapons which threatens this whole region. I acted on behalf of all citizens and all of humanity Picture Quote #1

To think that one child would go to bed hungry somewhere in this country is heartbreaking... to know how many do is virtually incomprehensible. This is not only a problem that exists in the far reaches of the globe. It happens right here in our own backyard. Together, as concerned citizens, we must do more to make sure every child’s needs are met Picture Quote #1

Vichy proves one thing: if you don’t want to know how low your fellow citizens can fall, and crawl, don’t lose a war Picture Quote #1

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A large portion of our citizens, who will not believe, even on the evidence of facts, that any public evils exist, or are impending. They deride the apprehensions of those who foresee, that licentiousness will prove, as it ever has proved, fatal to liberty Picture Quote #1

A better way to mutual respect is to engage directly with the moral convictions citizens bring to public life, rather than to require that people leave their deepest moral convictions outside politics before they enter Picture Quote #1

If any group of citizens is uniquely unqualified to tell someone else how to vote, it’s those of us who live in the sheltered, privileged arena of celebrity hood.... Trust me, one’s view of the world isn’t any clearer from the back seat of a limo Picture Quote #1

Since bad men find the rule of kings no less burdensome than that of tyrants, the recognition of the right of private citizens to kill tyrants involves rather more chance of losing a king than of being relieved of a tyrant Picture Quote #1

Democracy, though slowly attained and never by revolutionary jumps, is the best government on earth when it tries to make all its citizens aristocrats. But not when it guillontines whoever is individual, superior, or just different Picture Quote #1

Bad men cannot make good citizens. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience are incompatible with freedom Picture Quote #1

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The ultimate test of a society’s freedom is not how it treats its good, obedient, compliant citizens; it’s how it treats its dissidents Picture Quote #1

Congress is responsible for everything and unable to do anything, hated by the public creditors, insulted by the soldiers and unsupported by the citizens Picture Quote #1

At the heart of science lies discovery which involves a change in worldview. Discovery in science is possible only in societies which accord their citizens the freedom to pursue the truth where it may lead and which therefore have respect for different paths to that truth Picture Quote #1

The body is a cell state in which every cell is a citizen. Disease is merely the conflict of the citizens of the state brought about by the action of external forces Picture Quote #1

To exterminate our popular vices is a work of far more importance to the character and happiness of our citizens than any other improvements in our system of education Picture Quote #1

The sole motivating factor behind the death penalty is vengeance, not justice, and I firmly believe that a government that forbids killing among its citizens should not be in the business of killing people itself Picture Quote #1

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New possibilities for a more active democracy are beginning to emerge in the information age. Effective citizen action is possible if citizens develop the abilities to gain access to information of all kinds and the skills to put such information to effective use (Citizens Quotes) In modern societies, some members of ethnic minority groups do not want to feel compelled to heed the voices of their communities when participating as citizens (Citizens Quotes) The reality is that baby boomers are turning senior citizens and not only is it inhumane, but the system will go broke. There needs to be wholesale change (Citizens Quotes) People need immediate places to refresh, reinvent themselves. Our surroundings built and natural alike, have an immediate and a continuing effect on the way we feel and act, and on our health and intelligence. These places have an impact on our sense of self, our sense of safety, the kind of work we get done, the ways we interact with other people, even our ability to function as citizens in a democracy. In short, the places where we spend our time affect the people we are and can become (Citizens Quotes) If active or concerned citizens forfeit politics, they thereby abandon their society to its most mediocre and venal public servants (Citizens Quotes) We do want our fellow citizens to respect our deeply held conviction that the absence of an afterlife lends a greater, not a lesser, moral importance to our actions on earth (Citizens Quotes) Women are prevented by the threat and reality of male violence from entering public space on equal terms with male citizens (Citizens Quotes) Democracy destroys itself because it abuses its right to freedom and equality. Because it teaches its citizens to consider audacity as a right, lawlessness as a freedom, abrasive speech as equality, and anarchy as progress (Citizens Quotes) If we are to take for the criterion of truth the majority of suffrages, they ought to be gotten from those philosophic and patriotic citizens who cultivate their reason (Citizens Quotes) For a fledging democratic system to succeed, we need citizens who understand the procedures, believe in democratic rules and get personally involved (Citizens Quotes) I’m fed up with democracy. In a democracy, people vote for the mayors. I wanted to build a city where I will choose the citizens (Citizens Quotes) True citizens are not the audience of their government, nor its consumers; they are its makers (Citizens Quotes) Those gentlemen, who will be elected senators, will fix themselves in the federal town, and become citizens of that town more than of your state (Citizens Quotes) A college should feel alarmed rather than pleased if it graduates nothing but good citizens. For when the body politic is composed of nothing but submissive individuals, half of its health and all of its vigor have disappeared (Citizens Quotes) Elimination of nuclear weapons, so naive, so simplistic, and so idealistic as to be quixotic? Some may think so. But as human beings, citizens of nations with power to influence events in the world, can we be at peace with ourselves if we strive for less? I think not (Citizens Quotes) I have sacrificed my freedom and risked my life in order to expose the danger of nuclear weapons which threatens this whole region. I acted on behalf of all citizens and all of humanity (Citizens Quotes) To think that one child would go to bed hungry somewhere in this country is heartbreaking... to know how many do is virtually incomprehensible. This is not only a problem that exists in the far reaches of the globe. It happens right here in our own backyard. Together, as concerned citizens, we must do more to make sure every child’s needs are met (Citizens Quotes) Vichy proves one thing: if you don’t want to know how low your fellow citizens can fall, and crawl, don’t lose a war (Citizens Quotes) A large portion of our citizens, who will not believe, even on the evidence of facts, that any public evils exist, or are impending. They deride the apprehensions of those who foresee, that licentiousness will prove, as it ever has proved, fatal to liberty (Citizens Quotes) A better way to mutual respect is to engage directly with the moral convictions citizens bring to public life, rather than to require that people leave their deepest moral convictions outside politics before they enter (Citizens Quotes) If any group of citizens is uniquely unqualified to tell someone else how to vote, it’s those of us who live in the sheltered, privileged arena of celebrity hood.... Trust me, one’s view of the world isn’t any clearer from the back seat of a limo (Citizens Quotes) Since bad men find the rule of kings no less burdensome than that of tyrants, the recognition of the right of private citizens to kill tyrants involves rather more chance of losing a king than of being relieved of a tyrant (Citizens Quotes) Democracy, though slowly attained and never by revolutionary jumps, is the best government on earth when it tries to make all its citizens aristocrats. But not when it guillontines whoever is individual, superior, or just different (Citizens Quotes) Bad men cannot make good citizens. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience are incompatible with freedom (Citizens Quotes) The ultimate test of a society’s freedom is not how it treats its good, obedient, compliant citizens; it’s how it treats its dissidents (Citizens Quotes) Congress is responsible for everything and unable to do anything, hated by the public creditors, insulted by the soldiers and unsupported by the citizens (Citizens Quotes) At the heart of science lies discovery which involves a change in worldview. Discovery in science is possible only in societies which accord their citizens the freedom to pursue the truth where it may lead and which therefore have respect for different paths to that truth (Citizens Quotes) The body is a cell state in which every cell is a citizen. Disease is merely the conflict of the citizens of the state brought about by the action of external forces (Citizens Quotes) To exterminate our popular vices is a work of far more importance to the character and happiness of our citizens than any other improvements in our system of education (Citizens Quotes) The sole motivating factor behind the death penalty is vengeance, not justice, and I firmly believe that a government that forbids killing among its citizens should not be in the business of killing people itself (Citizens Quotes)

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