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 Nader

Bad 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 Newman

 

Citizenship Quotes

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Citizenship Day - September 17