#zen

The connection has been lost between the country's direction, especially with regard to the way in which the economy has been run, and the citizen. ↗

— Michael D. Higgins

#between #citizen #connection #country #direction

Accordingly, it is our task to ensure that the Government formulates policies that foster the continued development of the IT sector while also providing for citizens' access to technology and opportunity for economic advancement. ↗

— Tim Holden

#accordingly #advancement #also #citizens #continued

As a German citizen, as a German professor, and as a political person, I hold it to be not only my right but also my moral duty to take part in the shaping of our German destiny, to expose and oppose obvious wrongs. ↗

— Kurt Huber

#citizen #destiny #duty #expose #german

While a handful of countries and a small number of people are leading ample life, dozens of countries and billions of people in Africa, Asia and Latin America are being left in absolute poverty. ↗

— Tran Duc Luong

#africa #america #ample #asia #being

Smart people are a dime a dozen. What matters is the ability to think different... to think out of the box. ↗

— Walter Isaacson

#box #different #dime #dozen #matters

It is not the function of the government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error. ↗

— Robert Jackson

#error #falling #function #government #into

Among those best known, their highest ambition is to build American homes, possess American furniture, dress in American clothes, adopt the American style of living and be American citizens. ↗

— Sheldon Jackson

#ambition #american #american citizens #among #best

What other nations call religious toleration, we call religious rights. They are not exercised in virtue of governmental indulgence, but as rights, of which government cannot deprive any portion of citizens, however small. ↗

— Richard Mentor Johnson

#call #cannot #citizens #deprive #exercised

The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

#citizens #deserve #expect #more #problems

The big political news, Arnold Schwarzenegger announced he's running for governor of California, and already, people are chanting, 'Four more vowels, four more vowels.' ↗

— Craig Kilborn

#announced #arnold #arnold schwarzenegger #big #california