Voting is the least arduous of a citizen's duties. He has the prior and harder duty of making up his read more

Voting is the least arduous of a citizen's duties. He has the prior and harder duty of making up his mind.

Citizenship is what makes a republic; monarchies can get along without it

Citizenship is what makes a republic; monarchies can get along without it

The best principles of our republic secure to all its citizens a perfect equality of rights.

The best principles of our republic secure to all its citizens a perfect equality of rights.

The most important office ... that of private citizen.

The most important office ... that of private citizen.

As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and the law-abiding, the beginning and read more

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

Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.

Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.

The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing read more

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.

Citizenship comes first today in our crowded world ... No man can enjoy the privileges of education and thereafter with read more

Citizenship comes first today in our crowded world ... No man can enjoy the privileges of education and thereafter with a clear conscience break his contract with society. To respect that contract is to be mature, to strengthen it is to be a good citizen, to do more than your share under it is noble.

It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.

It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.