#citizen

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

If we are to perpetuate the state, we must not only produce citizens, but good citizens - men and women of sound bodies, clear minds and clean souls. ↗

— Arthur Capper

#citizens #clean #clear #good #good citizens

The cry comes from the friends of the school-room, from those who would give the State a strong, great, noble citizenship, for protection from the curse of drunkenness. This cry should be heard and answered by every lover of his fellow-men, no matter where his home may be. ↗

— Thomas Jordan Jarvis

#citizenship #comes #cry #curse #drunkenness

Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#citizen #every #free #free state #greeks

I'd known that the visit would be highly scripted and that genuine interactions with citizens wouldn't be possible, since it's illegal for them to speak with foreigners. Still, I'd thought I'd had a unique look at North Korea, only to discover I was wrong. ↗

— Adam Johnson

#discover #foreigners #genuine #had #highly

I've campaigned for people. I've campaigned across the country for people. I have supported people in local elections. I do work with groups and causes. So, I feel like I am a participant and a civically-engaged citizen. ↗

— Caroline Kennedy

#am #campaigned #causes #citizen #country

We will also allow state companies to sell shares to their workers and will pass a law allowing citizens to start companies of their own with no limits on the number of employees or on the firm's output. ↗

— Vaclav Klaus

#allowing #also #citizens #companies #employees

I am privileged to be a citizen of the single greatest society in all of human history. ↗

— Marco Rubio

#citizen #greatest #history #human #human history

If we don't bear witness as citizens, as people, as individuals, the right that we have had to life is sacrificed. There is a silence, instead of a speaking presence. ↗

— Jane Rule

#citizens #had #individuals #instead #life

Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#basic #basic understanding #citizenry #deserves #how