Money power means budget power and it is folly to imagine that the citizen can control government unless he can control its budget.
Our country doesn't depend on the heroism of every citizen. But all of us should be worthy of the sacrifices made on our behalf.
The strength of the Constitution lies entirely in the determination of each citizen to defend it. Only if every single citizen feels duty bound to do his share in this defense are the constitutional rights secure.
So, you know, I always say that I'm a Mexican, but if I had to be a citizen of anywhere else, I'd be a citizen of Manhattan. I feel very much a New Yorker.
Freedom of the press, or, to be more precise, the benefit of freedom of the press, belongs to everyone – to the citizen as well as the publisher… The crux is not the publisher’s ‘freedom to print’; it is, rather, the citizen’s ‘right to know. ’
An almost unnatural vigilance is really required of the citizen because of the horrible rapidity with which human institutions grow old.
There is not a single injustice in Northern Ireland that is worth the loss of a single British soldier or a single Irish citizen either.
Threats to freedom of speech, writing and action, though often trivial in isolation, are cumulative in their effect and, unless checked, lead to a general disrespect for the rights of the citizen.
The only title in our democracy superior to that of President is the title of citizen.
The citizen does not so much vote for a candidate as make a psychological purchase of him.
A good deal of classical music is, today, the opium of the good citizen.
In a democracy, the most important office is the office of citizen
That provision in the constitution which requires that the president shall be a native-born citizen (unless he were a citizen of the United States when the constitution was adopted,) is a happy means of security against foreign influence, which, where-ever it is capable of being exerted, is to be dreaded more than the plague.
I am a Citizen of the World, and my Nationality is Goodwill.
I have an identity crisis which is not resolved because I'm a dual citizen. My whole family is American, and I was born in India but I was raised in Canada. But all my extended family is American, I've held an American passport and I've spent my whole adult life in between New York and LA. So I feel like an American. . . and I also feel like a Canadian! I wish more people were dual citizens and then I wouldn't feel like such a freak.
Their racial characteristics are such that we cannot understand or trust even the citizen Japanese.
I love my country. And I would have to renounce my Spanish citizenship to become a U. S. Citizen.
We have entered an era vibrating with the din of small voices. Every citizen can be a reporter, can take on the powers that be.
I am Albanian by birth. Now I am a citizen of India. I am also a Catholic nun. In my work, I belong to the whole world. But in my heart, I belong to Christ.
To be a citizen in a democracy, a human being must be given a healthy start.