Quotes about Citizens

There is nothing wrong with America that faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens cannot cure.

I'm a libertarian-conservative. I believe the state should focus on defending lives, rights, and property instead of depriving its citizens of their God-given liberties.

Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.

Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing.

I don't understand why it's controversial for law-abiding citizens protecting themselves under the Second Amendment.

This, then, do you consider, and devise how both you yourselves may be saved and this land, and I be not brought into ill odor with the citizens; for I have not absolute sovereignty, as over barbarians; but if I do just things, I shall receive just things.

The classes of citizens are three. The rich are useless, always lusting after more. Those who have not, and live in want, are a menace, ridden with envy and fooled by demagogues; their malice stings the owners. Of the three, the middle part saves cities.

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.

Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.

We are together with the British and Americans because one should fight terror. But we are not going to pay the price for it by endangering Israel and its citizens.

The only underprivileged citizens who should favor monogamy are men. It is what gives them access to a supply of women that would otherwise drift up the social scale.

Arms in the hands of citizens may be used at individual discretion... in private self-defense.