#citizen

We must have constantly present in our minds the difference between independence and liberty. Liberty is a right of doing whatever the laws permit, and if a citizen could do what they forbid he would no longer be possessed of liberty. ↗

— Charles Louis de Secondat Montesquieu

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Italy has piled up huge public debt because the successive governments were too close to the life of ordinary citizens, too willing to please the requests of everybody, thereby acting against the interests of future generations. ↗

— Mario Monti

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I was determined not to become an American citizen but I did it for completely cynical reasons: to avoid paying inheritance tax in the U.S. ↗

— Emily Mortimer

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I'm a dual citizen, as are my husband and children. We have got eight passports between us; we're weighed down by them whenever we go anywhere. ↗

— Emily Mortimer

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No matter what name we give it or how we judge it, a candidate's character is central to political reporting because it is central to a citizen's decision in voting. ↗

— Roger Mudd

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The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them in trying to perpetuate the moods, tastes and aptitudes of youth. ↗

— Malcolm Muggeridge

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It is the State which educates its citizens in civic virtue, gives them a consciousness of their mission and welds them into unity. ↗

— Benito Mussolini

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The function of a citizen and a soldier are inseparable. ↗

— Benito Mussolini

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Many countries persecute their own citizens and intern them in prisons or concentration camps. Oppression is becoming more and more a part of the systems. ↗

— Alva Myrdal

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There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship. ↗

— Ralph Nader

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