(673 quotes found)
“The job of a citizen is to keep his mouth open.”
Gunter Grass
“The value of government to the people it serves is in direct relationship to the interest citizens themselves display in the affairs of state”
William Scranton
“I would rather have as my patron a host of anonymous citizens digging into their own pockets for the price of a book or a magazine than a small body of enlightened and responsible men administering public funds. I would rather chance my personal vision of truth striking home here and there in the chaos of publication that exists than attempt to filter it through a few sets of official, honorably public-spirited scruples.”
John Updike
“For citizens who think themselves puppets in the hands of their rulers, nothing is more satisfying than having rulers as puppets in their hands.”
Pico Iyer
“Ants are good citizens they place group interests first”
Clarence Day
“Health coverage for regular citizens isn't mandated by the Constitution, but we're obligated to provide adequate medical care for prisoners, whatever the cost.”
Jim Riley
“Germans who wish to use firearms should join the SS or the SA - ordinary citizens don't need guns, as their having guns doesn't serve the State”
Heinrich Himmler
“Citizen participation is a device whereby public officials induce nonpublic individuals to act in a way the officials desire.”
Daniel P. Moynihan
“The function of a citizen and a soldier are inseparable.”
Benito Mussolini
“I hope the American citizens will come to recognize that they are not the only ones who need you still here and (need) your leadership. Your leadership is needed, Mr. President, all over the world,”
Carlos Menem
