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
Civil religion is the attempt to empower religion, not for the good of religion, but for the creation of the citizen. – Stanley Hauerwas
I couldn’t lie anymore to my kids telling them that they are equal citizens in the state of Israel. They cannot be equal because in order to fit in and to be accepted and to be a citizen in Israel, you need a Jewish mother. – Sayed Kashua
Before you’re a writer, you’re a citizen, a human being, and therefore the weapons of the citizen are at your disposal to use or not use. – Wole Soyinka
I don’t go online when I’m writing – that’s the devil’s workshop – but in general, I’m on there as much as any other global citizen. – Stacey D’Erasmo
You don’t have to know anything about the Shakers to appreciate Mr. Copland’s score for ‘Appalachian Spring’ any more than you have to know who William Randolph Hearst was to understand ‘Citizen Kane.’ – Terry Teachout
The average citizen saw that the big PACs with the billionaires and the multimillionaires get what they want in Washington, but the average citizen is left behind. – Virgil Goode
Digital India is about empowering the citizen – it’s mobile, it’s cloud, it’s storage – we are in all those areas. – Safra A. Catz
I like a lot of classic movies, like, for example, ‘Citizen Kane’, James Dean movies, etc, etc. – Tommy Wiseau
We are the country that has attracted the biggest volume of foreign investment in southeastern Europe in the past few years. Romania doesn’t need to beat itself, believing that it is a second-class citizen. – Traian Basescu
1920 was an auspicious year for a young person to enter the world as an American citizen. – Tom Brokaw
I could not become an American citizen. I would not like to become a citizen of a country that has capital punishment. – Werner Herzog
Flying from L.A. to India is an arduous undertaking. I regard myself more as a trans-Atlantic citizen than an Indian. – Satya Bhabha
My hat’s off to documentary filmmakers. I don’t know if I’m ever going back to it. You’re treated like a second-class citizen at most film festivals. You take the bus while everybody else is flown first-class. If you’re a feature film director, you’re put in a five-star hotel, and if you’re a documentary director, you stay in a Motel 6. – Terry Zwigoff
There is only one rule of law in our country, which provides rights and security for every citizen. – Theresa May
