Famous Quotes & Sayings

Cub Scouts is about patriotism and citizenship, ... This is a great example of that.

And the United States, for its part, is going to do everything it can to ensure that the rights of Iraqi citizens are respected.

And we have promised to give the city another $2.5 million, which it counts on to pay for fire protection and police and other services our citizens have which are not revenue producing.

Scott Walker

It is only fair to expect public employees like me and others in the public sector to pay something close to what our neighbors and our fellow citizens do in the private sector.

Richard Lamm

History shows that nations are more fragile than their citizens think. No nation in history has survived the ravages of time.

We should be able to supply our citizens with energy resources.

Russell Pearce

Washington, D.C. is what is broken, not the immigration policies. We have good laws. We have people suffer every day because of government's failure to enforce the law and be respectful to the process we have. We have a pathway to citizenship already in place.

We are very pleased we are able to move forward and meet today's needs for families in our community. We, as a council, have a moral obligation to the citizens of Leominster.

Edward Kennedy

With Justice O'Connor committing to stay until her replacement is named, we can and should remain focused first on protecting our citizens who need help the most,

Karen Hughes

We are celebrating freedom and their freedom to speak out, even if they disagree, unlike the citizens of North Korea, who do not have that right.

We identified the fact that Louisiana citizens would be facing a night on the streets, and that is not acceptable.

John Stevens

We are trying to tie everything into The Citizen Downtown Mile. We just want to give people a little more to do.

We think it is very important that she connects with the ordinary citizens of the countries she visits.

John Tortorella

We're worried about his skating, we're worried about his speed and he knows that. But we feel that he can give us something that the kids simply can't give us right now in that type of role. And he's been a solid citizen down there in the AHL, which goes a long way. He never complained, helped the kids and did everything he could down there to do the right thing as a pro, so he's getting another whack at it.

Bob Phillips

We feel that citizens have a right to know how much money is being spent to influence their legislators.

We don't want to send citizens to jail.

You feel like a second-class citizen when you have the No. 1 offense and the No. 32 defense year in and year out.

You look at how energy is being consumed and used and you also look at branching out into the community to get the individuals and citizens to conserve energy.

Paul Watson

An American citizen is not going to be extradited to Japan for saving whales.

To offer something to a citizen or homeowners in one state and not offer to citizens in another state is not the country I grew up in.

We try to be good corporate citizens, but originally something went off track.

We just want people to respect the law, no matter their ethnicity. This isnt about race. Its about defending citizens who are here. We want the people of Illinois to be outraged enough that they get off their couches and take back their state.

We will work until we get every displaced citizen into some type of housing.

Jason Chaffetz

There should be a pathway to citizenship - not a special pathway and not no pathway.

Dan Stevens

Is it too early? I don't think so. The citizens of the United States have forgotten what happened. It's definitely a moment I'll never forget.

Muhammadu Buhari

Boosting education will be a direct counterbalance to Boko Haram's appeal. In particular we must educate more young girls, ensuring they will grow up to be empowered through learning to play their full part as citizens of Nigeria and pull themselves up and out of poverty.

Jane D. Hull

No other country on earth could have provided such tremendous opportunities and we should never take the privilege of our citizenship for granted.

George Zimmerman

Honestly, I want to live a calm life without being in the press. I want to be like any other American citizen who gets a speeding ticket or has an argument with his spouse... and doesn't have the whole world know.

Nations are divided, but we citizens need not be.

David Suzuki

Too often, governments are quick to use excessive force and even pervert the course of justice to keep oil and gas flowing, forests logged, wild rivers dammed and minerals extracted. As the Global Witness study reveals, citizens are often killed, too - especially if they're poor and indigenous.

Elinor Ostrom

What we have ignored is what citizens can do and the importance of real involvement of the people versus just having somebody in Washington make a rule.

If we are to perpetuate the state, we must not only produce citizens, but good citizens - men and women of sound bodies, clear minds and clean souls.

We must have constantly present in our minds the difference between independence and liberty. Liberty is a right of doing whatever the laws permit, and if a citizen could do what they forbid he would no longer be possessed of liberty.