Tonight - by taking this solemn oath - I am no longer a private citizen but the Mayor of the City of Chicago.
If a person is a U.S. citizen, and he is on the battlefield in Afghanistan or Iraq trying to attack our troops, he will face the full brunt of the U.S. military response.
I don't profess to be an expert on anything, or have the memory for who ran in 1952. I am an informed American citizen, that's my position.
I'm still ambiguously ethnic. I could be Persian - I could be anything. But I'm Italian and Jewish, so I'm a citizen of the world; that's what I prefer.
What I said was, the NSA does not voyeuristically pore through U.S. citizens' e-mails. I stand by that.
We must restrict the anonymity behind which people hide to commit crimes. As citizens, we have a right to privacy. We have no such right to anonymity.
It was appointed by law in Athens, that the obsequies of the citizens who fell in battle should be performed at the public expense, and in the most honorable manner.
As it stands now, those of us who are lucky enough to be citizens by birth don't have to do much. Very little is asked of us.
The NSA is forbidden to 'target' American citizens, green-card holders or companies for surveillance without an individual warrant from a judge.
Cities may now bulldoze private citizens' homes, farms and small businesses to make way for shopping malls or other developments.
I do care if religious doctrine becomes an excuse to exclude my fellow citizens from the rights and protections our country promises.
The American system of democracy is founded on the concept that every citizen has the right to vote, to know that their vote is counted, and that the vote is counted accurately.
It is the State which educates its citizens in civic virtue, gives them a consciousness of their mission and welds them into unity.
America is a land where a citizen will cross the ocean to fight for democracy - and wont cross the street to vote in a national election.
I'm a very law-abiding citizen, and I've never consciously broken any law. I get nervous just jaywalking in Los Angeles!
States which used to communicate directly to their citizens now do so through the media, where their messages are reshaped by the logics of news values and commentary.
I've always had this core belief in public service. Even before I became a citizen, I volunteered in the Army.
Disapproval of homosexuality cannot justify invading the houses, hearts and minds of citizens who choose to live their lives differently.
Very often, the judgments by ordinary citizens may be better than those by professional economists, being more rooted in reality and less narrowly focused.
Voting is the most precious right of every citizen, and we have a moral obligation to ensure the integrity of our voting process.
To my wife, I'm not Herbie Hancock the musician. I'm her husband. When I'm talking to a neighbor, I'm a neighbor. When I vote, I'm a citizen.
