Famous Quotes & Sayings

Public officials have a responsibility to count and recognize the votes of all Floridians who voted in this presidential election, ... Factors such as administrative inconvenience, expediency or the limitations of vote-reading machines pale in comparison to protecting the voting rights of our citizens.

James Martin

put the safety of the citizens in jeopardy.

Rasputin being Karl Rove, who thinks these 10 million illegals will become citizens and vote Republican.

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.

Cub Scouts is about patriotism and citizenship, ... This is a great example of that.

And the United States, for its part, is going to do everything it can to ensure that the rights of Iraqi citizens are respected.

And we have promised to give the city another $2.5 million, which it counts on to pay for fire protection and police and other services our citizens have which are not revenue producing.

Rebecca MacKinnon

The relationship between citizens and government is increasingly mediated through the Internet.

There was a lot of outcry from the citizens over vineyard impacts.

a strong signal from the federal judiciary that Georgia has gone too far in impeding the right of citizens to vote.

Thomas Jefferson

A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high virtues of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation.

The more profit we make, the more stores we can open, the more donations we can make to our community, the more responsible citizens we can be for the environment. It's all interactive. It's all connected together. There's no separation.

This is a city that has gone through cataclysm, and its citizens are desperately ready to let off some steam. This is going to be a Mardi Gras for the ages.

This is an embarrassment to our department, and especially to all our personnel who went to Louisiana and served honorably in helping the citizens of that state to recover from the clutches of disasters.

This is a matter of such great importance to not only Mr. Shaffer, but to all the citizens of Jacksonville.

This is a big day for Serbia and Montenegro, whose citizens have waited for a long time.

This innovative settlement demonstrates the federal government's resolve to protect the health and safety of this City's citizens through enforcement of our nation's environmental laws. The settlement will ensure compliance with federal laws and regulations.

They've given us a lot to pause and look at the strong role they've played in the community. They have been good corporate citizens all the way back to our history as a region.

For many years we've been concerned that citizens just don't feel connected with their elected officials. There's not a lot of interest until something happens and then there's complaints. We thought this would help to increase interest in government and voting.

John McGinnis

It's surely very good that citizens understand the Constitution and it's in some sense critical that citizens watch over Congress and the courts to make sure they're good stewards of the Constitution,

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.

It results in unnecessary secrecy that leaves citizens in the dark.

It really should be characterized as two taxpaying citizens being thrown off campus. They should not characterize it as a personnel matter, but as us, people outside the system, non-employees, who have a problem with the way a school is operating.

Mo Ibrahim

Africa's success stories are delivering the whole range of the public goods and services that citizens have a right to expect and are forging a path that we hope more will follow.

George F. Will

Actually, there is only one ''first question'' of government, and it is ''How should we live?'' or ''What kind of people do we want our citizens to be?''

Spanish citizens must be consulted before Congress takes irreversible steps.

Rosa Parks

so that the citizens of the United States may pay their last respects to this great American.

Frank Jackson

So what we have to do is let them know how important this election is for the future of the city, how important it is for their well-being as citizens of the city of Cleveland.

We are very pleased we are able to move forward and meet today's needs for families in our community. We, as a council, have a moral obligation to the citizens of Leominster.

Muhammadu Buhari

Boosting education will be a direct counterbalance to Boko Haram's appeal. In particular we must educate more young girls, ensuring they will grow up to be empowered through learning to play their full part as citizens of Nigeria and pull themselves up and out of poverty.

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.