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.
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Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He read more
Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and is conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.
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.
No, I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered as patriots. This is read more
No, I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered as patriots. This is one nation under God.
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.
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.
Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history
Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history
Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country, and should dwell together read more
Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country, and should dwell together in bonds of fraternal feeling.
If you will help run our government in the American way, then there will never be danger of our government read more
If you will help run our government in the American way, then there will never be danger of our government running America in the wrong way.
Citizenship consists in the service of the country.
Citizenship consists in the service of the country.
