Citizenship Quotes

It is a mistake to tell students that their classroom is a democracy- it cannot...

It is a mistake to tell students that their classroom is a democracy- it cannot and never will be. But children need to learn how to participate in a community and to prepare themselves for democratic citizenship.
Karen Bohlin

It is a duty of every citizen to pray for those who are authority and the nation...

It is a duty of every citizen to pray for those who are authority and the nation; so that each one of us may live a peaceful and quiet lives in sacredness.
Lailah Gifty Akita

Every nation must have prayerful men and women to intercede for the country’s we...

Every nation must have prayerful men and women to intercede for the country’s well-being.
Lailah Gifty Akita

Participation in the collective life of the polis both restrains the extraordina...

Participation in the collective life of the polis both restrains the extraordinary individual and enlarges the ordinary individual, allowing him to participate in the extraordinary. An individual can achieve participatory excellence via the accomplishments of the polis and need not always be caught up in the agnostic struggle to outdo his peers.
Rebecca Goldstein

The Prussian monarchy is not a country which has an army, but an army which has...

The Prussian monarchy is not a country which has an army, but an army which has a country in which – as it were – it is just stationed.
Georg Henrich Von Berenhorst

An act of charity by the citizens questions the worthiness of the government.

An act of charity by the citizens questions the worthiness of the government.
Amit Kalantri

The Angel (in Joshua) declared that he was born leader and indicated that he was...

The Angel (in Joshua) declared that he was born leader and indicated that he was in the army of the Lord. The Lord was the commander of that angel, and he is our commander still. We favor no human on either side of any argument.
Dennis Garvin

Application does not guarantee citizenship; it is granted by the government. In...

Application does not guarantee citizenship; it is granted by the government. In Heaven, citizenship is granted only by Jesus Christ the ultimate judge. Matthew 7:15-23
Felix Wantang

Privacy, self-reliance, choice -- all these can and must remina core American va...

Privacy, self-reliance, choice -- all these can and must remina core American values. Yet so too must we remember that other core American value, the value of community. And we must redefine community more broadly to include not just our street or our tract, but our town, our metropolis, our region.
William Fulton

The rate spread of EBOLA VIRUS in West Africa, is big tragedy. It is a fatal dis...

The rate spread of EBOLA VIRUS in West Africa, is big tragedy. It is a fatal disease in the history of the world. Intensive education (formal and informal approaches) of the citizens of African can help prevent the spread. International cooperation is urgently needed to combat the EBOLA virus.
Lailah Gifty Akita

It's a civic virtue to be exposed to things that appear to be outside your inter...

It's a civic virtue to be exposed to things that appear to be outside your interest. In a complex world, almost everything affects you – that closes the loop on pecuniary self-interest. Customers are always right, but people aren't.
Eli Pariser

Democracy requires citizens to see things from one another's point of view, but...

Democracy requires citizens to see things from one another's point of view, but instead were more and more enclosed in our own bubbles. Democracy requires a reliance on shared facts; instead were being offered parallel but separate universes.
Eli Pariser

Your patriotism is not measured by what your country can do for you. It's all ab...

Your patriotism is not measured by what your country can do for you. It's all about what you can do for your country for your own benefit and for the benefit of unborn generations!
Israelmore Ayivor

Darwin's theory was received in Russia with profound sympathy. While in Western...

Darwin's theory was received in Russia with profound sympathy. While in Western Europe it met firmly established old traditions which it had first to overcome, in Russia its appearance coincided with the awakening of our society after the Crimean War and here it immediately received the status of full citizenship and ever since has enjoyed widespread popularity.
Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevskiĭ

This is your first lesson. He went from Arkûl to Arkûl, taking spears, belt kniv...

This is your first lesson. He went from Arkûl to Arkûl, taking spears, belt knives and shortswords from their corpses. When he was finished, he tossed the weapons into the crowd. A man without a weapon is a subject, he said to them as they snatched up the new tools. A man with a weapon is a citizen!
S.G. Night

Governments represent their citizens in the same way as parasites represent thei...

Governments represent their citizens in the same way as parasites represent their hosts.
Jakub Bożydar Wiśniewski

Practical utility, however, is not the ultimate purpose of a liberal arts educat...

Practical utility, however, is not the ultimate purpose of a liberal arts education. Its ultimate purpose is to help you learn to reflect in the widest and deepest sense, beyond the requirements of work and career: for the sake of citizenship, for the sake of living well with others, above all, for the sake of building a self that is strong and creative and free.
William Deresiewicz

It is a tragedy, at rate at which EBOLA VIRUS is spreading in West Africa. It is...

It is a tragedy, at rate at which EBOLA VIRUS is spreading in West Africa. It is a fatal disease in the history of the world. Intensive education (formal and informal approaches) of the citizens of African can help prevent the spread. International cooperation is urgently needed to combat the EBOLA virus.
Lailah Gifty Akita

Ukiipenda sana nchi yako ni rahisi sana kuichukia serikali yake!

Ukiipenda sana nchi yako ni rahisi sana kuichukia serikali yake!
Enock Maregesi

Kati ya nchi yako na serikali yako ni kitu gani unakipenda zaidi? Ipende zaidi n...

Kati ya nchi yako na serikali yako ni kitu gani unakipenda zaidi? Ipende zaidi nchi yako, kuliko serikali yako!
Enock Maregesi