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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
Citizenship is what makes a republic; monarchies can get along without it
Citizenship is what makes a republic; monarchies can get along without it
Socrates ... said he was not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
Socrates ... said he was not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
Gardens, scholars say, are the first sign of commitment to a community. When people plant corn they are saying, let's read more
Gardens, scholars say, are the first sign of commitment to a community. When people plant corn they are saying, let's stay here. And by their connection to the land, they are connected to one another.
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.
It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the read more
It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union... Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less.
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.
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.
