Famous Quotes & Sayings

Nick Clegg

Liberal Democrats in government will not follow the last Labour government by sounding the retreat on the protection of civil liberties in the United Kingdom. It continues to be essential that our civil liberties are safeguarded, and that the state is not given the powers to snoop on its citizens at will.

Eugene Debs

I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world.

Leila Janah

In order to thrive in the 21st century, you have to be a savvy citizen of the digital economy or risk being left behind.

We are concerned that the IMF and the World Bank's conditions for a small civil service is unrealistic, going by the number of citizens who seek Government services on daily and hourly basis,

I wish - I wish the peace and good for the Syrian citizen and the Syrian regime.

We had a tip from an Iraqi citizen that led us to him, ... We've been tracking him for a while.

We had a tip from an Iraqi citizen that led us to him, ... It was a joint US-Iraqi operation. We?ve been tracking him for a while.

We had a tip from an Iraqi citizen that led us to him, ... It was a joint U.S.-Iraqi operation. We've been tracking him for a while.

Tom Brokaw

When he entered the Oval Office - by fate, not by design - Citizen Ford knew that he was not perfect, just as he knew he was not perfect when he left. But what president ever was?

William Blum

America's state religion, is patriotism, a phenomenon which has convinced many of the citizenry that 'treason' is morally worse than murder or rape.

Aaron Swartz

Without the ability to talk about government power, there's no way for citizens to make sure this power isn't being misused.

We were able to identify another piece of property and stop the eminent domain proceedings. Much of that is a result of citizens coming to us to consider other sites.

We depend on the generosity of the citizens here to make the program the success it is today. We are always so grateful for the Grand Prairie spirit.

We demand a recount. People must know how citizens voted.

We definitely want the hospital here in Stafford for our citizens.

Philly is a city made up of many neighborhoods - more than a hundred, in fact - and the citizens can be very territorial.

West Hartford has some of the most civic-minded citizens anywhere. They take their issues and their leaders very seriously.

Western nations now realize that if they contain this in Southeast Asia, in fact they might minimize the jeopardy to their own citizens. They are now starting to put money into helping these countries develop surveillance systems, helping these countries to prepare to contain this disease within their own countries.

Hassan Rouhani

Citizenship rights is about making all Iranians feel they are part of one nation, one identity, under one umbrella they can feel proud of.

Ambrose Burnside

I am in favor of a foreign policy that will cultivate relations of peace with all nations, and I will never give my influence, either as a private citizen or a public servant, for war, so long as it can be honorably avoided.

Ambrose Burnside

Being about to land on the soil of North Carolina, the general commanding desires his soldiers to remember that they are here to support the Constitution and the laws, to put down rebellion, and to protect the persons and property of the loyal and peaceable citizens of the State.

Allyson Schwartz

My colleagues, while it is good that the Nation is finally focused on the critical issue of securing our ports, our rhetoric and our passion about Dubai must be matched by the funding necessary to keep our ports and our citizens safe.

Os Guinness

There are lots of people depending on the government who are good, honest citizens who have worked all their lives.

Tony Campolo

My task as a citizen is to get the government to do more good and less inefficient and wasteful work.

Dannel Malloy

I don't think that we'll support any state that is prepared to discriminate against the citizens of Connecticut.

Louis D. Brandeis

A man is a better citizen of the United States for being also a loyal citizen of his state and of his city; for being loyal to his family and to his profession or trade; for being loyal to his college or his lodge.

The question is whether this moment continues. Does this shape the way they see themselves as citizens and does this become part of their view of themselves as voters? And if it does it can have a lasting impact. The real stakes here are long-term.

The proposed shift in software will be paid for by the taxpayers, businesses, and regular citizens of Massachusetts,

Tips from citizens are critical. The public is literally our eyes and ears in the field.

Corrine Brown

This administration is cutting the programs that our Nation and its citizens need most, while dissolving the safety nets created to protect the elderly and less fortunate in this wealthy Nation.

Paul Robeson

This is the basis, and I am not being tried for whether I am a Communist, I am being tried for fighting for the rights of my people, who are still second-class citizens in this United States of America.

Victor Ponta

Using cold facts and figures, leaders throughout the West must become more transparent with their citizens in explaining their decisions and their choices in global markets.

Bernie Sanders

History will record that the Citizens United decision is one of the worst in the history of our country.