Quotes by Citizens And what terrifies me is that we're entering a phase where if you start to speak about this as something that can be understood historically - without any sympathy - you are going to be thought of as unpatriotic, and you are going to be forbidden. It's very dangerous. It is precisely incumbent on every citizen to quite understand the world we're living in and the history we are a part of and we are forming as a superpower. Edward Said entering citizens world The IRS has become morally corrupted by the enormous power which we in Congress have unwisely entrusted to it. Too often it acts like a Gestapo preying upon defenseless citizens. Edward V. Long irs citizens liberty We are no longer citizens, we no longer have leaders. We're subjects, and we have rulers. Edward Snowden subjects citizens leader Individuals have international duties which transcend the national obligations of obedience. Therefore individual citizens have the duty to violate domestic laws to prevent crimes against peace and humanity from occurring. Edward Snowden citizens humanity law I will be a model prisoner, as I have been a model citizen Edwin Edwards prisoner citizens house Yet the civilians have always respected the natural right of a citizen to dispose of his life . . . Edward Gibbon civilians citizens natural Citizens with a conscience are not going to ignore wrong-doing simply because they'll be destroyed for it: the conscience forbids it. Edward Snowden nsa destroyed citizens Citizens have to fight suppression of information on matters of vital public importance. To tell the truth is not a crime. Edward Snowden citizens fighting matter Richard Nixon got kicked out of Washington for tapping one hotel suite. Today we're tapping every American citizen in the country, and no one has been put on trial for it or even investigated. We don't even have an inquiry into it. Edward Snowden inquiry citizens country Presidents should not be exempted from the same standards of reason and evidence and justification that any other citizen or civil movement should be held to. Edward Snowden citizens movement president In liberal societies we don't typically require citizens to rearrange their activities, their lives, the way they go about their business, to make it easy for the police to do their work. Edward Snowden police citizens way Citizens are all equal in politics: we each have one vote. Elayne Boosler equal vote citizens She [Carolyn Maloney] has there day in and day out for us and for women of this country and of the world, but she also never forgets the citizens of New York, and she's been, as you know a trailblazer for 9/11, commission for, you know, the financial district, etc. Eleanor Smeal citizens new-york country I think it's easier than ever to hear only what you want to hear. That doesn't make a good citizen. Eli Pariser citizens want thinking As for being a voice in politics, I feel whether you are famous or not, busy or not, it's incumbent upon every citizen to participate in this government in any way we can. Elayne Boosler citizens voice government Bureaucrats sometimes do not have the correct information, while citizens and users of resources do. Elinor Ostrom information citizens sometimes These are three American citizens and we really demand answers for American citizens. Eliot Engel citizens three answers To be a citizen in a democracy, a human being must be given a healthy start. Eleanor Roosevelt democracy citizens healthy Citizens of liberal welfare states become increasingly narcissistic Dennis Prager narcissistic welfare citizens The bigger the State, the smaller the citizen Dennis Prager bigger citizens states «89101112131415161718»