Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ron Johnson

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

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.

Mick Mulvaney

There are jobs that American citizens will not do. We can talk about why that is. We can talk about how our welfare state is broken, how we encourage people not to work, but that doesn't help the farmer pick his peaches this summer.

Roy Wilkins

The players in this drama of frustration and indignity are not commas or semicolons in a legislative thesis; they are people, human beings, citizens of the United States of America.

While I value the good opinion of my fellow citizens as highly as anyone, I may be permitted to say that I am governed by higher considerations than either the favor or the fear of man. I am impelled to the course I have taken because I fear God.

We wanted people to take away a feeling of responsibility. Hopefully, when you visit this museum, you'll not only learn about issues and the importance of these freedoms, but you'll be a better informed citizen to make your own decision. ... Then as an informed citizen, take that back out on the street, take that back into your life and be a more involved citizen in the community and the country.

To shut down live music at 12 is unfair and unreasonable. It is a matter of improving community relations and empowering citizens to improve the environment in which they live.

George Pataki

We also have a program in place for low income people. A family of four making $26,000 a year can receive medical coverage, irrespective of citizenship or what documents.

Shinzo Abe

Up to now I have also, as one citizen ... made visits. I would like to continue to hold such feelings from now on.

Ted Kulongoski

There is nothing less inspiring and more unhelpful to the citizens of Oregon than the sound of one-hand clapping. I need your hand to join my hand.

The recent rain that?s come in the middle of the night, or even the snowfall last week, might be misleading. People think there's some moisture, so that should minimize the fire danger. We want to prepare our citizens and visitors to Jefferson County for the potential fire dangers.

We will be promoting students to be effective communicators and contributing citizens.

Elizabeth Smith

We have a citizen Legislature, and the public is reflected in its Legislature. Most people probably would prefer to be governed by someone with a little more experience, a little more education. I think most people would.

This was a contentious project. There was unfortunately a lot of citizen opposition, which we were really surprised about ? because you're talking very low use of a site.

Patrick Fitzgerald

When citizens testify before grand juries, they are required to tell the truth,

We're providing to our citizens a right to use fireworks in a safe manner.

We didn't grow up overly religious, but there was an understanding that you had a duty as a citizen to help your fellow man.

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 had a radical clash over policy programs, a pact now would be incomprehensible for the citizens. There can be no coup de theatre, no rabbit pulled out of a hat.

To have citizens not part of the plan is leading us down the wrong road again.

Even as human rights norms have steadily evolved over the past half-century, the field of citizenship has remained one of the last bastions of untrammeled state sovereignty. As a result, citizenship creates a giant loophole in the international human rights framework.

Yolanda King

During the movement, they called them citizenship education programs. People were actually taught the skills of nonviolence.

Dan Gillmor

Fewer citizens participated, they were less interested in collaboration with one another, and the response to our initiatives was underwhelming.

Bob Brown

The results speak for themselves. The citizens of the state of Utah understand that private clubs and taverns are different from hospitals and office buildings.

Tom Ridge

Be wary and be mindful, ... Let's make sure that every individual citizen who sees something suspicious reports it,

James Lankford

Every person is created in the image of God and has value. Every person. Every person is to be treated with respect. Every person is also a citizen of some country. In their country, they have rights and responsibilities; in every other country, they are a guest.

Every citizen in the state of Hawaii should be worried they're losing top quality teachers to elsewhere in the nation because of better pay.

Tim O'Brien

Cooper Lighting has a history of community goodwill and generous corporate citizenship. We were pleased to participate in this project for such a well- deserved family.

Paul Wolfowitz

Corruption is often at the very root of why governments don't work. It weakens the systems and distorts the markets. In the end, governments and citizens will pay a price, in lower incomes, lower investment and more volatile economic swings. But when governments do work - when they tackle corruption and improve their rule of law - they can raise their national incomes by as much as four times.

Corporate citizen notwithstanding, ... a heck of a lot of Americans are dying prematurely due to this product.