Famous Quotes & Sayings

If the federal government did their job, citizens would not be taking the law into their own hands. I'm sympathetic to their goals, but would prefer security tasks be handled by professionals.

Jon Huntsman

I wish I could say this was the governor's effort, but this is your citizenry at work, this is your community at work and it is so great to be your governor during this time,

If we do that, we're setting ourselves up for something a whole lot worse. We need to make sure that everyone's interests are taken into consideration, but the interests of U.S. citizens should be predominant.

James Mitchell

If we had waited for the government to get us out of there, we would have died. It took the citizens there to get us help.

If we do not take extra taxes, we will not be able to provide what citizens depend upon us for.

Scott Russell

If they're not happy with this new bill, then they need to become a legal citizen in my opinion. That is, learn our history, learn our government, learn our language and constitution and the American creed.

If they have evidence that he did something wrong, indict him and give him a forum where he can defend himself as every American citizen has been able to do for the last 225 years.

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.

The curiosity of the human mind is essential if you want citizens who think rather than accept the first nonsense they come to.

Sonam Kapoor

I'm a socially concerned citizen of India. I have strong views on issues of social and political relevance. But it's very difficult to voice it in an intelligent manner without it sounding contrived. Because people think you're saying or doing all this as a PR exercise, not from your heart.

Anthony Carmona

Empowerment is not about doing the same thing the same way in the same environment. It's about building the man and the woman and doing so with a view to creating better citizens and, by extension, better patriots in this society of ours.

This serious and costly issue is harming our state and its citizens and deserves effective solutions.

The only time elected officials are really dangerous is when they don't think we the citizens are paying attention.

Ron Johnson

the physics of fire are pretty much the same. And we're still here to serve the citizens of Yakima.

We need to get a group of citizens together to forge ahead. We need to present something such as a vision to PAT. Before we do anything, we must have a comprehensive plan and it must be up to date.

The government's failure to provide equal protection to all of its citizens and its refusal to implement court orders have grave implications for the rule of law in Zimbabwe.

The government had an obligation to tell and inform all EU citizens of our voting rights. They didn't do this,

Aaron Schock

Quite frankly, I think if a man or a woman likes their American job, wherever they were born, they should be able to keep that job. We need a clear path to citizenship for workers who are already here and a fair and efficient on-ramp for those who want to come here.

I would prefer to be a citizen of an independent country rather than Emperor of an enslaved one.

Henceforth, we shall be happy to be a free citizen in an independent country.

Jose Barroso

Turkey must win the hearts and minds of European citizens. They are the ones who at the end of the day will decide about Turkey's membership.

We were in no position to look at any conference, ... We had to try to be a good citizen within Conference USA. That was a very good fit for us at that point.

We wanted to get the citizens another avenue, another way to contact the city about the services they need.

We wanted to find out what it is citizens are expecting of us.

We have 14 million underemployed Americans. We need to put our fellow citizens to work. Many are legal immigrants. We're protecting the American dream.

Exxon is a good corporate citizen but it does not work for the welfare of the country.

Ralph Richardson

But I would present it as a citizens petition, not ours,

Robert Jackson

If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion, or force citizens to confess by word or act.

The government has zero right to prohibit private citizens from living out their faith and sharing it with other folks in schools.

There are a large number of Mexican citizens who come for medical care. Regular Mexican nationals are passing away in hospitals in Tucson. It happens quite a bit.