(111 quotes found)
“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
“It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.”
Aristotle
“Almighty God, we make our earnest prayer that Thou wilt keep the United States in Thy holy protection; that Thou wilt incline the hearts of the citizens to cultivate a spirit of subordination and obedience to government”
George Washington
“Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history”
Abraham Lincoln
“Citizenship is a tough occupation which obliges the citizen to make his own informed opinion and stand by it.”
Martha Gellhorn
“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
“Citizenship is what makes a republic; monarchies can get along without it”
Mark Twain
“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
“I think if the people of this country can be reached with the truth, their judgment will be in favor of the many, as against the privileged few”
Eleanor Roosevelt
“Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.”
Thomas Jefferson
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