#citizen

We need to understand that we as citizens and as a government in any community throughout this country have no more important obligation than to educate those who are going to replace us. ↗

— Colin Powell

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I was taught from a young age that many people would treat me as a second-class citizen because I was African-American and because I was female. ↗

— Queen Latifah

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The America I know is great - not because government made it great but because ordinary citizens like me, like my father and like you are given the opportunity every day to do extraordinary things. ↗

— Mia Love

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It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees. ↗

— Wangari Maathai

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I mean, everyone says Citizen Kane. It isn't that great, anyway. And Orson Welles I knew well, of course. He made other incredible films that no one would let him make, which were much better than Citizen Kane, really. ↗

— Patrick Macnee

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The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy. ↗

— James Madison

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A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person. ↗

— James Madison

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If we are to take for the criterion of truth the majority of suffrages, they ought to be gotten from those philosophic and patriotic citizens who cultivate their reason. ↗

— James Madison

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We need to seek wise leaders who will seek common ground among Americans instead of dividing us further for political gain. As citizens, we must embrace those who embrace ideas, thoughtfulness, civility and kindness to others no matter what their political beliefs. ↗

— James McGreevey

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When I first ran for public office, it was with the passion and idealism of a young man who believed that government could help make our lives better, that public service was a calling and that citizenship demanded responsibilities. There was a greater good. ↗

— James McGreevey

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