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Government health care changes the relationship between the citizen and the state, and, in fact, I think it's an assault on citizenship.
by Mark Steyn (Writer, Canadian , born in 1959) keywords: assault, between, care, changes, citizen, citizenship, fact, government, health, relationship, state , think If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen.
by Henry David Thoreau (Author, American , born in 1817) topics: Nature keywords: bald, before, being, citizen, danger, day, days, deemed, each, earth, enterprising, half, her, his, industrious, loafer, love, making, man, off, regarded, speculator, spends, them, those, time, walks , woods There is no method by which an average citizen can effectively fight the White House in the media.
by Linda Tripp (Celebrity, American , born in 1949) keywords: average, citizen, effectively, fight, house, media, method, which , white Dishonesty in government is the business of every citizen. It is not enough to do your own job. There's no particular virtue in that. Democracy isn't a gift. It's a responsibility.
by Dalton Trumbo (Novelist, American , born in 1905) keywords: business, citizen, democracy, dishonesty, enough, every, gift, government, job, own, particular, responsibility, virtue , your In the kingdom of consumption the citizen is king. A democratic monarchy: equality before consumption, fraternity in consumption, and freedom through consumption.
by Raoul Vaneigem (Philosopher, Belgian , born in 1934) keywords: before, citizen, consumption, democratic, equality, fraternity, freedom, king, kingdom, monarchy , through A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election.
by Bill Vaughan (Journalist, American , born in 1915) keywords: america, citizen, cross, democracy, election, fight, national, ocean, street, vote, will , won There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag.
by Jesse Ventura (Politician, American , born in 1952) keywords: being, citizen, flag, more, much, patriot, pledge, raising, reciting , than No longer should women be denied the right to vote, no longer should women be treated as second class citizens, no longer should women not be allowed to be a citizen at all.
by Ginny B. Waitekeywords: allowed, citizen, citizens, class, denied, longer, right, second, should, treated, vote , women This is Port of Spain to me, a city ideal in its commercial and human proportions, where a citizen is a walker and not a pedestrian, and this is how Athens may have been before it became a cultural echo.
by Derek Walcott (Playwright, Trinidadian , born in 1930) keywords: athens, became, been, before, citizen, city, commercial, cultural, echo, how, human, ideal, may, pedestrian, port, proportions, spain, walker , where It's really true in this country that more and more Americans think that underneath the economic crisis there's a values crisis, and we won't get to an economic recovery without a moral recovery as well. So a citizen's movement about values and economics I'm finding all over the country on main street, and Wall Street needs to pay attention to that.
by Jim Wallacekeywords: americans, attention, citizen, country, crisis, economic, economics, finding, get, main, moral, more, movement, needs, over, pay, really, recovery, street, think, true, underneath, values, wall, well, without , won It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a Free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even of his personal services to the defense of it.
by George Washington (President, American , born in 1732) keywords: basis, citizen, defense, down, enjoys, even, every, free, government, his, laid, may, only, our, owes, personal, position, primary, property, proportion, protection, services , system When a citizen gives his suffrage to a man of known immorality he abuses his trust; he sacrifices not only his own interest, but that of his neighbor; he betrays the interest of his country.
by Noah Webster (Writer, American , born in 1758) keywords: abuses, betrays, citizen, country, gives, his, immorality, interest, known, man, neighbor, only, own, sacrifices, suffrage , trust If this work can contribute in any way toward proving this, and at the same time arouse the conscience of the American people to a demand for justice to every citizen, and punishment by law for the lawless, I shall feel I have done my race a service.
by Ida B. Wells (Activist, American , born in 1862) keywords: american, any, arouse, citizen, conscience, contribute, demand, done, every, feel, justice, law, lawless, proving, punishment, race, same, service, shall, time, toward, way , work The absolute pacifist is a bad citizen; times come when force must be used to uphold right, justice and ideals.
by Alfred North Whitehead (Mathematician, English , born in 1861) keywords: absolute, bad, citizen, come, force, ideals, justice, must, pacifist, right, times, uphold , used And let me tell you, you boys of America, that there is no higher inspiration to any man to be a good man, a good citizen, and a good son, brother, or father, than the knowledge that you come from honest blood.
by John Sergeant Wise (Author, American , born in 1846) keywords: america, any, blood, boys, brother, citizen, come, father, good, higher, honest, inspiration, knowledge, man, son, tell , than One good teacher in a lifetime may sometimes change a delinquent into a solid citizen.
by Philip Wylie (Writer, American , born in 1902) keywords: change, citizen, delinquent, good, into, lifetime, may, solid, sometimes , teacher President Jimmy Carter was a citizen soldier. Ironically, he was considered weak because he didn't kill anybody and he didn't get anyone killed.
by Andrew Young (Clergyman, American , born in 1932) keywords: anybody, anyone, because, carter, citizen, considered, get, ironically, jimmy, kill, killed, president, soldier , weak
