“Citizenship is a tough occupation which obliges the citizen to make his own informed opinion and stand by it.”
Martha Gellhorn
“The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight.”
Theodore Roosevelt
“No, I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered as patriots. This is one nation under God.”
George Bush
“I am a citizen, not of Athens or Greece, but of the world”
Socrates
“There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship.”
Ralph Nader
“Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.”
George Jean Nathan
“Gardens, scholars say, are the first sign of commitment to a community. When people plant corn they are saying, let's stay here. And by their connection to the land, they are connected to one another.”
Anne Raver
