Citizenship Quotes
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“What do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my friends? Such are the questions which a virtuous man ought often to ask himself.”
-- Johann Kaspar Lavater, German poet and physiognomist (1741-1801)
"Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country, and should dwell together in bonds of fraternal feeling."
-- Abraham Lincoln"Democracy is never a thing done. Democracy is always something that a nation must be doing."
-- Archibald MacLeish, American poet, public official (1892-1982)
"Democracy is the most demanding of all forms of government in terms of the energy, imagination, and public spirit required of the individual."
-- George C. Marshall (1880-1959)
* "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
-- Margaret Mead
"The worth of the state, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it."
-- John Stuart Mill"If I knew something that would serve my country but would harm mankind, I would never reveal it; for I am a citizen of humanity first and by necessity, and a citizen of France second, and only by accident"
-- Charles de Montesquieu"Neither democracy nor effective representation is possible until each participant in the group...devotes a measurable part of his life to furthering its existence."
-- Lewis Mumford, American social philosopher (1895-1990)
* There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship.
-- Ralph NaderBad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.
-- George Jean Nathan
"Citizenship consists in the service of the country"
-- Jawaharlal Nehru"The most important thing an institution does is not to prepare a student for a career but for a life as a citizen."
-- Frank NewmanCITIZENSHIP
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