Citizen Quotes

Every good citizen adds to the strength of a nation.

Gordon B. Hinckley

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Here's a proposal, offered only partly in jest: no resident of the United States, whether born here or abroad, should get to be a citizen until age 18, at which time each such resident has to take a test.

Eric Liu

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I was determined not to become an American citizen but I did it for completely cynical reasons: to avoid paying inheritance tax in the U.S.

Emily Mortimer

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Being a global citizen makes you a more interesting person.

Joe Russo

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Now, I do not, on any level, possess the expertise to argue about the science of anthropological global warming. Nor do you, most likely. This certainly doesn't mean an average citizen has the duty to do the lock step.

David Harsanyi

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My sincere advice to any citizen considering moving to the United States and crossing our boundaries in irregular migration, my best advice is to not do it.

John F. Kelly

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The Second Amendment was passed in an era when organized police forces were few and citizen militias were useful in maintaining the peace.

Blase J. Cupich

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I profess myself a citizen of the world, totally unfettered by the little, mean distinctions of climate or of country, which diminish the benevolence of the heart and set bounds to philanthropy.

John Paul Jones

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To all general purposes we have uniformly been one people, each individual citizen everywhere enjoying the same national rights, privileges, and protection.

Alexander Hamilton

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It is not legitimate that an American citizen feels that they are more likely to be arrested or held to account or stopped and searched than someone else simply because of the color of their skin.

Jeff Sessions

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'Senior Citizen' and 'Silver Surfer' are the new euphemisms. Unless you're a female presenter on TV, in which case you're ready for the knacker's yard at 35.

Terry Wogan

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The future of Haiti must be linked to the respect of the rights of every single citizen.

Jean-Bertrand Aristide

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Among the most serious allegations a federal court can address are that an Executive agency has targeted citizens for mistreatment based on their political views. No citizen - Republican or Democrat, Socialist or libertarian - should be targeted or even have to fear being targeted on those grounds.

Raymond Kethledge

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Under our Constitution, if you're a bad citizen, you're still a citizen; that's the way we roll.

Steve Bannon

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My concern as a citizen and as a money manager is, Oh my God, at what point does a 'whoa' moment happen to these people who own $30 trillion fixed income instruments?

Paul Singer

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I take my job really, really seriously. I also take being a citizen very seriously.

Stan Van Gundy

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School has never really been about individualized learning, but about how to be socialized as a citizen and as a human being, so that we, we have important rules in school, always emphasizing the fact that one is part of a group.

Neil Postman

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I like a lot of classic movies, like, for example, 'Citizen Kane', James Dean movies, etc, etc.

Tommy Wiseau

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As a citizen of this country, I've got to be honest to the people of South Africa.

Jacob Zuma

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If you operate a TV or radio station, you have to have a license. It has nothing to do with fundamental freedom. It has to do with protection of the average citizen against abuses.

Robert Cailliau

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What is news? It's hard to quantify. Certainly news has changed completely, and the morning shows are not really designed to bring you the news, except to tell you what happened overnight, and the rest of it is a kind of magazine mentality - a little bit of this, a little bit of that. It's harder to be an educated and informed citizen.

Harrison Ford

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You would have a huge statelessness problem if you don't consider a child born abroad a U.S. citizen.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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I love this country. I love being a citizen. I believe we are the greatest country in the world.

Elana Meyers

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I think it's easier than ever to hear only what you want to hear. That doesn't make a good citizen.

Eli Pariser

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