Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Blunkett

Strengthening our identity is one way of reinforcing people's confidence and sense of citizenship and well-being.

David Blunkett

Politics is about the participation and engagement of the wider citizenry - to miss that point would doom us to irrelevance.

When an indictment is delivered at the front door of the White House, the Office of the President is defiled. No citizen can take pleasure from that.

I am moreover inclined to be concise when I reflect on the constant occupation of the citizens in public and private affairs, so that in their few leisure moments they may read and understand as much as possible.

People were vocal; they let the county know and they let the media know that they were very unhappy that illegal aliens could march in the street, but law-abiding citizens who just wanted to get together and have a Town Hall meeting and talk were turned away.

Brian Schweitzer

Only by working together will we be able to form a stable, long-term energy policy that protects the citizens and ratepayers of Montana and protects our environment, while further strengthening our economy,

Nobody's been more critical of Citizens than I have. But I will tell you that without Citizens, 25 percent of the people in homes in this state, they would not have insurance, they would not have a mortgage, they wouldn't be able to sell their homes.

One of the difficulties is when the veterans are given a tax break, the rest of the citizens are going to be taxed more heavily.

Tom Daschle

I was struck by how vacant the galleries were and so few seniors citizens looking down, ... What you saw instead were lobbyists packing the halls. They will do well. Our seniors will not, and that is why the fight will go on.

David Vitter

I was really uplifted here. There are heroes to this story and they are the local leaders and private citizens who banded together in the individual communities that were devastated to just get the job done in the initial days, with no help in those initial days coming in from outside, they got it done and they are the real heroes.

Mr. Robertson is, of course, no ordinary private citizen.

Medicare and Social Security have created the healthiest and most financially secure generation of senior citizens in American history.

Mitt Romney

Of course, citizens also failed. Tom Ridge, former head of homeland security, said each of us should have a two-week supply of water and medical supplies and food. It looks like very few people listened to what he had to say,

Nature treated (the citizens of these countries) equally, but their governments are not treating them equally.

Paul Singer

My concern as a citizen and as a money manager is, Oh my God, at what point does a 'whoa' moment happen to these people who own $30 trillion fixed income instruments?

We are holding this meeting to present the project to the public and give citizens the opportunity to provide feedback on one of the largest highway projects ever constructed in Texas.

Elie Wiesel

We are here to let the Jewish state and its brave, beleaguered citizens and its valiant soldiers know that they are not alone.

What we're doing is making the connection to the kids (about) what it means to be a contributing citizen. That leaves a door open for communication.

I am really interested in the community, especially the citizens in Ward 2. I love Auburn and want to see it continue to take the path it's been taking for awhile.

I am ready, willing, and would be honored to serve the citizens of San Juan County,

I am talking to various third-party broadcasters, looking at how we can use these citizen journalists - use their content in bulletins.

Mohammad Khatami

I am sure these people have evil aims. They intend to foster violence in society, and we shall stand in their way ... We take the security of our country and our citizens very seriously,

Richard Perle

But even a nation of laws must understand the limits of legalism. Between 1861 and 1865, the government of the United States took tens of thousands of American citizens prisoner and detained them for years without letting any one of them see a lawyer.

I look forward to speaking with the citizens of Pulaski County about how the judicial system works. Not only am I willing to present the Pillar of Justice Program about the court system, I'm also willing to speak at special events such as Memorial or Veteran's Day, or during special school activities.

Maximilian Schell

Maybe, but if you look at Sunset Boulevard, it's not so far away. Even Citizen Kane is not so far away. So I think that I know it's not so far away.

Now the citizens of Champaign have taken a liking to us. Our record release show was at a venue called the High Dive in Champaign and over 600 people attended.

Bill Richardson

New Mexico loses a great citizen and the world loses a great artist,

New Hampshire has taken a number of steps to make themselves a leader nationally in preparing for pandemic influenza. Preparation works, and these funds will help states and communities develop the plans they need to keep their citizens safe.

Naturalization is the process by which a citizen, or subject of a foreign nation or kingdom, is made a citizen of the United States. It is evident that the Constitutional Convention thought that it was important that this process should be placed under the exclusive control of the Federal Government and not of the States.

Sathya Baba

Observe the laws of the state and be an exemplary citizen.

Nothing enrages citizens more than the suspicion of a creeping loss of sovereignty,

John Danforth

France is clearly going to defend French troops and French citizens that are under attack.

frightening the public with tales of a drug so seductive it instantly turns masses of upstanding citizens into addicts who ruin their health, their lives and their families.