#citizen

A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election. ↗

— Bill Vaughan

#citizen #cross #democracy #election #fight

We need – more urgently than architectural utopias, ingenious traffic disposal systems, or ecological programmes – to comprehend the nature of citizenship, to make serious imaginative assessment of that special relationship between the self and the city; its unique plasticity, its privacy and freedom. ↗

— Jonathan Raban

#citizenship #inspirational #sustainability #architecture

My third appeal is to my fellow citizens in all countries: Help us to establish lasting peace in the world. ↗

— Joseph Rotblat

#citizens #countries #establish #fellow #fellow citizens

It is because the people are citizens that they are with safety armed. ↗

— Joel Barlow

#because #citizens #people #safety

No one in government should ever think that the citizens they work for can't or won't scrutinize their actions. ↗

— Roy Barnes

#citizens #ever #government #scrutinize #should

Nobody wants to pay higher taxes. But do you want your kids to get a good education? You have to pay for that. Do you want Medicare for senior citizens? I do. We have to pay for it. ↗

— Shelley Berkley

#education #get #good #good education #higher

I believe that the United States has a moral obligation to stand up for those citizens of the world who cannot stand up for themselves, and I am proud to have authored the bill signed into law today that continues to put significant pressure on the brutal Burmese military junta. ↗

— Joseph Crowley

#believe #bill #brutal #cannot #citizens

Accordingly, it is our task to ensure that the Government formulates policies that foster the continued development of the IT sector while also providing for citizens' access to technology and opportunity for economic advancement. ↗

— Tim Holden

#accordingly #advancement #also #citizens #continued

There is no reason to think a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens cannot change the world; Indeed, that's the only thing that ever has. ↗

— Margaret Mead

#justice #change

The world has closed its eyes to the humanitarian catastrophe in Azerbaijan, where every seventh citizen is a refugee. ↗

— Leonid Kuchma

#citizen #closed #every #eyes #humanitarian