#citizens

Armed and law-abiding citizens are a greater deterrent to violent crime than 1,000 laws passed by Congress. ↗

— Rick Perry

#citizens #congress #crime #deterrent #greater

Crucial to understanding federalism in modern day America is the concept of mobility, or 'the ability to vote with your feet.' If you don't support the death penalty and citizens packing a pistol - don't come to Texas. If you don't like medicinal marijuana and gay marriage, don't move to California. ↗

— Rick Perry

#america #california #citizens #come #concept

Allowing our government to kill citizens compromises the deepest moral values upon which this country was conceived: the inviolable dignity of human persons. ↗

— Helen Prejean

#citizens #compromises #conceived #country #deepest

A massive state and federal effort, the likes of which we've never seen is going to be needed. We can do it for tsunami victims half a world away. We can do it for our own citizens. ↗

— Al Roker

#citizens #effort #federal #going #half

Israel is now sustaining a war for its own existence. A nation defending its citizens against terrorist bombings and a military and diplomatic onslaught by an array of Arab foes is practicing survival, not genocide. ↗

— Jack Schwartz

#arab #array #bombings #citizens #defending

Government health care changes the relationship between the citizen and the state, and, in fact, I think it's an assault on citizenship. ↗

— Mark Steyn

#between #care #changes #citizen #citizenship

We must create a state that responds to the citizens' needs, and we need citizens who feel committed to their state because that state serves the citizens. ↗

— Carlos Mesa

#citizens #committed #create #feel #must

The economic, social and cultural progress of a nation depends on citizens counting for more and having more rights. ↗

— Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

#counting #cultural #depends #economic #having

It is unforgivable that men and women who have worked the land and served us for generations should be so bewildered and fearful, because of laws made to accommodate the greed of others," Darcy said, "Laws are meant to make the lives of citizens better, not worse. ↗

— Rebecca Ann Collins

#darcy #laws #pride-and-prejudice #regency #men

But I am committed to keeping this city a strong and viable center for commerce and industry, for continuing to make it a place of opportunity for its citizens. ↗

— Jane Byrne

#center #citizens #city #commerce #committed