#citizen

If governments did not mislead their citizens so often, there would be less need for secrecy, and if leaders knew they could not rely on keeping the public in the dark about what they are doing, they would have a powerful incentive to behave better. ↗

— Peter Singer

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The authority of any governing institution must stop at its citizen's skin. ↗

— Gloria Steinem

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The reason that a good citizen does not use such destructive means to become wealthier is that, if everyone did so, we would all become poorer from the mutual destructiveness. ↗

— Richard Stallman

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But in my district I have heard from law enforcement officials and across the State of Florida about how much this JAG funding helps them fight crime, and to protect and serve the citizens within their jurisdiction. ↗

— Cliff Stearns

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I think I'm a global citizen. My parents came from China, were educated in France and emigrated to the United States. And I think that opened up my mind to be able to live and work anywhere. ↗

— Anna Sui

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Treaties, agreements and organizations to help settle disputes may be necessary, but they often favor the interests of business over citizens. ↗

— David Suzuki

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This will be Iraq for all without discrimination among Iraqi citizens, or ethnic or sectarian discrimination. ↗

— Jalal Talabani

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Mitt Romney will tell us the hard truths we need to hear to end the debacle of putting the world's greatest care system in the hands of federal bureaucrats and putting those bureaucrats between an American citizen and her doctor. ↗

— Chris Christie

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We have an opportunity, but we have an obligation to senior citizens and to the younger people who are entering the workforce today to help ensure that they are going to be able to trust the government to have a workable program that benefits them as well. ↗

— Thad Cochran

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We citizens don't need to know every detail of every military operation in this new kind of war. Nor should the media tell us and hence our enemy. ↗

— David Hackworth

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