#citizens

Chinese citizens have never had the right to really express their opinions; in the constitution it says you can, but in the real world it is more dangerous. In the west people think it's a right they're born with. Here it's a right given by the government, and one that's not really practised. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

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I call on people to be 'obsessed citizens,' forever questioning and asking for accountability. That's the only chance we have today of a healthy and happy life. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#asking #call #chance #citizens #forever

Before my tenure, people didn't seem to think that citizens had a right to limit the size of their government. ↗

— William Weld

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It hasn't been easy to find American citizens who are willing to pick fruit in 110 degree weather. ↗

— Fareed Zakaria

#american citizens #been #citizens #degree #easy

Markets are very important but for the government the citizens are more so. ↗

— Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

#government #important #markets #more #very

Time is the most valuable thing on earth: time to think, time to act, time to extend our fraternal relations, time to become better men, time to become better women, time to become better and more independent citizens. ↗

— Samuel Gompers

#become #better #citizens #earth #extend

Our constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. ↗

— John Marshall Harlan

#citizens #classes #constitution #knows #neither

Ensuring that high quality water is provided to all Arizona's citizens is the responsibility of elected officials at all levels and I am happy to do all I can to assist the city's efforts. ↗

— J. D. Hayworth

#arizona #assist #citizens #city #efforts

As writers and readers, as sinners and citizens, our realism and our aesthetic sense make us wary of crediting the positive note. ↗

— Seamus Heaney

#citizens #make #note #our #positive

For only by nurturing the minds and strengthening the values of our children can we give them an opportunity to be full, productive citizens, to reach their God-given potential, and to have good jobs right here in Oklahoma. ↗

— Brad Henry

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