Citizenship Quotes

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"The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion." -- Thomas Paine.

The punishment which the wise suffer, who refuse to take part in government, is to live under the government of worse men.
-- Plato

"The Greek word for idiot, literally translated, means one who does not participate in politics. That sums up my conviction on the subject."
Gladys Pyle, Senator (1890-1989)

Full participation in government and society has been a basic right of the country symbolizing the full citizenship and equal protection of all.
-- Charles Rangel

"The government is us; we are the government, you and I." -- Theodore Roosevelt "The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight." -- Theodore Roosevelt

Whatever system of governance is eventually adopted, it is important that it carries the people with it. We need to convey the message that safeguarding our common property, humankind, will require developing in each of us a new loyalty: a loyalty to mankind. It calls for the nurturing of a feeling of belonging to the human race. We have to become world citizens. -- Joseph Rotblat

"As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and the law-abiding, the beginning and the end." -- Adlai Stevenson

"I am a citizen, not of Athens or Greece, but of the world"
-- Socrates

 

Citizenship Quotes

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Citizenship Day - September 17