“There is nothing but a lack of social vision to prevent us from paying an adequate wage to every American citizen whether he be a hospital worker, laundry worker, maid or day laborer” SocialVisionCitizensWorkersHospitalsAdequateMaidsLaundryAmerican CitizensLaborers Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“You may be sure that in this new international system, the American citizen will count for precious little.” MayLittlesEconomicCitizensInternationalInequalityAmerican CitizensEconomic Inequality Author:Pat Buchanan
“The AMA puts the lives and well being of the American citizens well below it's own special interest...It deserves to be ignored, rejected, and forgotten. No amount of historical gymnastics can hide the public record of AMA opposition to virtually every major health reform in the past 50 years....The AMA has turned into a propaganda organ purveying 'medical politics' for deceiving the Congress, the people, and the doctors of America themselves.” PeopleYearsWellsAgeAmericaPastInterestDarkRecordsSpecialAmountCitizensMajorsDeserveDoctorsHistoricalForgottenCongressMedicalReformWell BeingPropagandaOppositionOrgansDeceivingRejectedIgnoredDark AgesGymnasticsSpecial InterestsAmerican CitizensHealth Reform Author:Edward Kennedy
“Make no mistake. This is a war on rural America. ... It is chilling to watch people who joined the military to defend American citizens point rifles on American soil at American citizens and women and children. A sniper rifle is not due process.” PeopleChildrenWarAmericaProcessInspiringMistakeWatchesMilitaryCitizensDuesInsaneSoilInsightfulChillRiflesAmerican CitizensDue ProcessSnipersRural America Author:Matt Shea
“[The Bytyqi Brothers were] American citizens and we have been seeking answers to why no one's been held accountable for these atrocities. [Family members] expect our government to do everything we can.” Has BeensGovernmentAnswersBrotherCitizensMembersSeekingAtrocitiesFamily MembersAmerican Citizens Author:Ben Cardin
“These are three American citizens and we really demand answers for American citizens.” ThreeAnswersCitizensDemandAmerican Citizens Author:Eliot Engel
“It bothers me that the executive branch is taking the amazing position that just on the president's say-so, any American citizen can be picked up, not just in Afghanistan, but at O'Hare Airport or on the streets of any city in this country, and locked up without access to a lawyer or court just because the government says he's connected somehow with the Taliban or Al Qaeda. That's not the American way. It's not the constitutional way.” WayCountryGovernmentAmericaPresidentCitiesStreetsPositionCitizensCourtConnectedLawyerAccessTyrannyBotherBranchesExecutivesAlsAfghanistanLockedAirportsAl QaedaTalibanAmerican CitizensLocked UpHaresExecutive Branch Author:Laurence Tribe
“The phase of the usury system which we are trying to analyze is more or less Patterson's perception that the Bank of England could have benefit of all the interest on all the money that it creates out of nothing. ... Now the American citizen can, of course, appeal to his constitution, which states that Congress shall have power to coin money or regulate the value thereof and of foreign coin. Such appeal is perhaps quixotic.” TryingStatesAmericaValuesCoursesInterestCitizensBenefitsPerceptionConstitutionEnglandCongressAppealsPhasesCoinsAmerican CitizensUsuryQuixotic Author:Ezra Pound
“An estimated 9,000 American citizens are killed every year by illegal aliens. Thats 25 American citizens per day killed by illegal aliens, averaging 12 by stabbings and shootings and 13 by DUI and related crimes.” YearsCrimeCitizensAliensShootingRelatedIllegalAmerican CitizensStabbingIllegal AliensDui Author:Russell Pearce
“As an American citizen, one has to vote. If we don't vote, we're not doing our part. We'll become some sort of oligarchy.” IfsCitizensVoteAmerican CitizensOligarchy Author:Jason Mraz
“What is a good enough principle for an American citizen ought to be good enough for the working man to follow.” MenEnoughPrinciplesOughtCitizensBe GoodGood EnoughAmerican CitizensWorking Man Author:Mother Jones
“Ron Paul warned everyone that the Patriot Act could be used against innocent American citizens. His critics said he was siding with terrorists. Now, either A. Ron Paul was right. Or B. All Verizon users are terrorists.” SaidUsedCitizensCriticsTerroristInnocentUsersPatriotAmerican CitizensPatriot ActSiding Author:Jack Hunter
“The American citizen must be made aware that today a relatively small group of people is proclaiming its purposes to be the will of the People. That elitist approach to government must be repudiated.” PeopleMadeGovernmentTodayPurposeGroupsCitizensApproachAmerican CitizensSmall GroupsElitistProclaiming Book:Time for Truth Source: Time for Truth
“It hasn't been easy to find American citizens who are willing to pick fruit in 110 degree weather.” EasyWillingCitizensDegreesPicksFruitWeatherAmerican Citizens Author:Fareed Zakaria
“Politics is the practical exercise of the art of self-government, and somebody must attend to it if we are to have self-government; somebody must study it, and learn the art, and exercise patience and sympathy and skill to bring the multitude of opinions and wishes of self-governing people into such order that some prevailing opinion may be expressed and peaceably accepted. Otherwise, confusion will result either in dictatorship or anarchy. The principal ground of reproach against any American citizen should be that he is not a politician. Everyone ought to be, as Lincoln was.” PeopleIfsShouldMayArtSelfGovernmentOrderWishResultsOpinionStudyOughtCitizensPoliticianExerciseSkillsAcceptedPracticalsConfusionAnarchyDictatorshipPrincipalMultitudesGoverningReproachPrevailingAmerican CitizensSelf-government Author:Elihu Root
“I could not become an American citizen. I would not like to become a citizen of a country that has capital punishment.” CountryCitizensPunishmentAmerican CitizensCapital Punishment Author:Werner Herzog
“I did become American citizen in order to vote. I lived in this country for a very long time and I finally reached the point where I thought, I'm often sticking my neck out on various issues as all human beings have a right to do.” HumansLongCountryOrderHuman BeingsIssuesCitizensLong TimeVoteVariousNecksAmerican Citizens Author:Lynn Redgrave
“I don't profess to be an expert on anything, or have the memory for who ran in 1952. I am an informed American citizen, that's my position.” MemoriesPositionCitizensRanExpertsAmerican Citizens Author:Joy Behar
“I'm obviously an American citizen. My parents are American citizens. But I'm not looked at as an American.” ParentCitizensAmerican Citizens Author:Ana Castillo
“It's true that most American citizens think of themselves as living in a democratic country. But when was the last time that any Americans actually sat down and came to a collective decision? Maybe if they are ordering pizzas, but basically never.” IfsThinkingCountryLastsDecisionCitizensDown AndDemocraticSatCollectivesLast TimePizzaAmerican CitizensDemocratic Country Author:David Graeber