Famous Quotes & Sayings

Keith Miller

The hallmark of a U.S. education is critical thinking. So the mission of this office is not just to have schools for U.S. citizens but to have models of education for others. It's a twofold thing.

The information is reported by concerned citizens and department personnel or obtained through information sharing with civilian law enforcement agencies. The program has been productive.

The information from the two sides will create more market volatility, and it's necessary to warn (Hong Kong) citizens of risk.

Jan Egeland

The important thing is that we give and that we as citizens also demand that our countries give generously to those who have been so hard hit.

Howard Dean

The DNC is concerned and disappointed that the Baker-Carter Commission on Federal Election Reform, over the strong dissent of some of its most distinguished members, has seen fit to support a 'national ID card' that threatens to deny the right to vote to millions of citizens who are lawfully registered and eligible to do so.

A good citizen owes his life to his country

Henry Rollins

I really enjoy the lattitude I have with being a private citizen. I can get a lot done. I am good with that.

Mahatma Gandhi

Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state has become lawless or corrupt. And a citizen who barters with such a state shares in its corruption and lawlessness.

Malcolm X

Either you are a citizen or you are not a citizen at all. If you are citizen, you are free; if youre not a citizen you are a slave.

Mahatma Gandhi

Civil disobedience is the inherent right of a citizen.

The German government is continuing its efforts to clarify the fate of the German citizen who has been missing in Iraq since last Friday.

Condoleezza Rice

The Egyptian government must fulfill the promise it made to its people - and to the entire world - by giving its citizens the freedom to choose. Egypt's elections, including the parliamentary elections, must meet objective standards that define every free election,

The framers of the Constitution ... were not at all opposed to citizen participation and self-governance, but they wanted it done in a way that required deliberation. Part of the problem with the initiative process is that it's not deliberative or informed decision making.

Steve King

The current practice of extending U.S. citizenship to hundreds of thousands of 'anchor babies' must end because it creates a magnet for illegal immigration into our country. Now is the time to ensure that the laws in this country do not encourage law-breaking.

This is a great day for the Serbian nation, for all citizens of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, for the future of the peace and stability in this region.

Donna Shalala

All kinds of people are getting very sick because they're taking two kinds of drugs they shouldn't take together, for instance, ... It's a particular problem for senior citizens who are having trouble reading the fine print.

A judge would say 'He's a good citizen and unlikely to do this again'.

David Davis

The Home Office must get an urgent grip on this problem. They are failing in their principle responsibility to protect the citizens of this country.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

To carry adequate life insurance is a moral obligation incumbent upon the great majority of citizens.

You can't enjoy freedoms, you can't think about the quality of life of your citizens, you can't think of a future for your citizens or jobs or economic prosperity, life liberty and the pursuit of happiness, if you can't provide a level of security for the country itself.

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.

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.

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.

The liberty and life of a fellow citizen is now in your hands.

These are more examples of total failure of Citizens to provide any level of confidence to Floridians that they know what they're doing,

These immigrants that come here, their dream is to cross the border, get their citizenship and actually live here.

Sue Miller

This is not a plan that is motivated by what the citizens need or want. This plan is not driven by need.... but by greed.

Ray McGovern

Now, how do you explain Obama's claim, that he can kill American citizens without due process? Well, he has his attorney general get up and say, "Well, it doesn't say in the constitution judicial process. It just says due process." Now that's a lawyerly diversion from the truth.

Thomas Jefferson

For the power given to Congress by the Constitution does not extend to the internal regulation of the commerce of a State (that is to say, of the commerce between citizen and citizen,) which remain exclusively with its own legislature; but to its external commerce only, that is to say, its commerce with another State, or with foreign nations, or with the Indian tribes.