My education has been pro-England. I have been an England-minded citizen of Hamburg, and I am still in a way English-minded, but I have been disappointed by the Brits over the years. – Helmut Schmidt
My ideal citizen is the self-employed, homeschooling, IRA-owning guy with a concealed-carry permit. – Grover Norquist
I would never sacrifice my individual beliefs as a citizen to my corporate responsibilities. – George W. Romney
The real problem is clean up the bureaucracy that people have to deal with to become a citizen the right way. And we must truly secure the border. We can’t leave it porous. – Herman Cain
If there is one set of laws, one Constitution for every citizen, its protections hopefully applied equally to all, then why do the results seem to differ so radically? What do you call that? Look around – you’re living in it. – Henry Rollins
What is news? It’s hard to quantify. Certainly news has changed completely, and the morning shows are not really designed to bring you the news, except to tell you what happened overnight, and the rest of it is a kind of magazine mentality – a little bit of this, a little bit of that. It’s harder to be an educated and informed citizen. – Harrison Ford
We have secrets, and we have the same secrets that criminals have. Sometimes the only difference between a criminal and a law-abiding citizen is that somebody found out the criminal’s secret. – Jane Velez-Mitchell
Every person is also a citizen of some country. In their country, they have rights and responsibilities. In every other country, they are a guest. – James Lankford
Looking out over the port of Dover, with the endless steam of boats coming in and out, every British citizen is reminded that belonging here has never been about blood or genes. It’s simply about being at home on this discrete island and being aware of the privileges and responsibilities that brings. – Julian Baggini
I’m the happiest combination you can think of. I’m a Russian poet, an English essayist, and a citizen of the United States. – Joseph Brodsky
Tonight – by taking this solemn oath – I am no longer a private citizen but the Mayor of the City of Chicago. – Jane Byrne
There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag. – Jesse Ventura
As citizens, we all have an obligation to intervene and become involved – it’s the citizen who changes things. – Jose Saramago
The oath of renunciation and allegiance is a solemn vow taken by thousands of immigrants each year to become a United States citizen. The oath is the fundamental statement of allegiance to the United States, and this allegiance is what unites America. – Jim Ryun
In becoming a citizen, one undertakes certain duties and responsibilities. One of the more intangible of those duties and responsibilities is no matter what one’s birth and background, to accept the historical past of the new country as one’s own. – J. M. Coetzee
I ask you, as a citizen, is it a crime to go to the temple? And if I am propagating superstition by going to the temple, then the whole country is propagating superstition. – Amitabh Bachchan
The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy. – Charles de Montesquieu
The citizen is becoming a pawn in a game where nobody knows the rules, where everybody consequently doubts that there are rules at all, and where the vocabulary has been diminished to such an extent that nobody is even sure what the game is all about. – Andrew Eldritch
Every citizen of this country should be guaranteed that their vote matters, that their vote is counted, and that in the voting booth, their vote has a much weight as that of any CEO, any member of Congress, or any President. – Barbara Boxer
I would rather be an aware citizen, and if an opportunity were to arise where I would have to make a statement, I would happily do that. – Amitabh Bachchan
