Quotes of: Private-citizen Keyword

Before my tenure, people didn't seem to think that citizens had a right to limit the size of their government.

William Weld

A citizen is a political and moral agent who in fact has a shared sense of hope and responsibility to others and not just to him or herself.

Henry Giroux

The Nordic countries are leading the way on women's equality, recognizing women as equal citizens rather than commodities for sale.

Johanna Siguroardottir

I am an Australian citizen, and I miss my country a great deal.

Julian Assange

The Good Friday Agreement and the basic rights and entitlements of citizens that are enshrined within it must be defended and actively promoted by London and Dublin.

Gerry Adams

We encourage China to engage as a good global citizen and we are clear-eyed about where differences do lie.

Julia Gillard

People don't do good work when they feel like losers and are second-class citizens within their own company.

Jonah Peretti

There are lots of people depending on the government who are good, honest citizens who have worked all their lives.

Os Guinness

My task as a citizen is to get the government to do more good and less inefficient and wasteful work.

Tony Campolo

The fight for reform comes down to a simple goal: giving our citizens the confidence that government serves the people first and the people only.

Bob Riley

Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.

Plato

I love voting day. I love the sight of my fellow citizens lining up to make their voices heard.

Beth Broderick

I don't know what it's like in the U.S. but immigrants in the U.K. do the jobs the citizens won't do.

Eddie Izzard

The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems.

Barbara Jordan

The citizens must be certain that the governor is attending to the duties for which he was elected.

Bob McDonnell

It takes a caring community to raise a child that will be a whole person and a contributing citizen.

Jessye Norman

The citizen who criticizes his country is paying it an implied tribute.

J. William Fulbright

A mayor is a symbol and a public face of what a city bureaucracy provides its citizens.

John Hickenlooper

In kindergarten, you can learn how to be a citizen of the world.

Jill Lepore

The time has come to end the deadly experiment of disarming peaceable, law-abiding citizens near schools.

Steve Stockman

[repeated line] Clarence Darby: Can't fight fate.

Law Abiding Citizen