Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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 were not even citizens of Santa Clara.

We've worked very hard to make sure city government is prepared for a natural disaster. What we need to happen, as well, is for the citizens to be well prepared.

We are citizens we are taxpayers. Do something.

Steve Davis

We can talk in general numbers, but to have a number citizens can count on, we?d need a formal rate study.

We have been completely overwhelmed by the generosity of the citizens of Jacksonville.

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 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.

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