#citizens

Most Americans aren't the sort of citizens the Founding Fathers expected; they are contented serfs. Far from being active critics of government, they assume that its might makes it right. ↗

— Joseph Sobran

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Distinctions between citizens solely because of their ancestry are by their very nature odious to a free people whose institutions are founded upon the doctrine of equality. ↗

— Harlan Stone

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When Medicare was created for senior citizens and America 's disabled in 1965, about half of a senior's health care spending was on doctors and the other half on hospitals. ↗

— Dennis Hastert

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In my opinion, theater shouldn't give advice to citizens. ↗

— Vaclav Havel

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The fight for reform comes down to a simple goal: giving our citizens the confidence that government serves the people first and the people only. ↗

— Bob Riley

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Conservatives believe in providing Constitutional rights to our citizens, not to enemy combatants like Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. ↗

— Mitt Romney

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Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms. ↗

— James Madison

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Education, when delivered properly, can benefit a lot of people and make productive citizens out of those otherwise given no hope. ↗

— John Murray

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Our citizens and those who have gone before us charted the broad outlines of where we need to go, and they would envy our opportunity to translate those dreams into action. And I believe they will judge us very harshly should we fail to act. ↗

— Dave Freudenthal

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Everything can be explained to the people, on the single condition that you want them to understand. ↗

— Frantz Fanon

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