“I've thought a lot about what it means to be the President. I also understand an administration is not one person but an administration is dedicated citizens who are called by the President to serve the country, to serve a cause greater than self. And so I've thought about an administration of people who represent all America, but people who understand my compassionate and conservative philosophy.” PeopleMeanPersonsSelfCountryPhilosophyAmericaCausesPresidentGreaterCitizensConservativeAdministrationCompassionateDedicated Author:George W. Bush
“In a democracy, every ordinary citizen is effectively a king--but a king in a constitutional democracy, a monarch who decides only formally, whose function is merely to sign off on measures proposed by an executive administration. This is why the problem with democratic rituals is homologous to the great problem of constitutional monarchy: how to protect the dignity of the king? How to maintain the appearance that the king effectively makes decisions, when we all know this not to be true?” KnowsProblemDecisionDemocracyKingsCitizensProtectOrdinaryDignityFunctionDemocraticAppearanceBeing TrueAdministrationExecutivesRitualMonarchyMonarchsOrdinary CitizensConstitutional MonarchySigning Off Book:First As Tragedy, Then As Farce Source: First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
“The plain message conveyed by the new administration is that George W Bush's America is a Christian nation, and that non-Christians are welcome into the tent so long as they agree to accept their status as a tolerated minority rather than as fully equal citizens. In effect, Bush is saying: "This is our home, and in our home we pray to Jesus as our savior. If you want to be a guest in our home, you must accept the way we pray."” IfsWayWantLongHomeChristianAmericaJesusNationsAcceptingAtheismEffectsPrayingCitizensEqualMessagesAgreePositive AtheismWelcomeAdministrationMinoritiesSaviorGuestsTentsChristian Nation Author:Alan Dershowitz
“Look at it this way: this administration is taking unprecedented steps to make sure that the government's secrets remain private while simultaneously invading the privacy of its citizens... Many innocents must be violated so that a few guilty people can be stopped. It's a digital stop-and-frisk.” PeopleWayLooksGovernmentSecretStepsCitizensGuiltyAdministrationPrivacyDigitalUnprecedentedNsaInvadingStop And Frisk Author:Charles M. Blow
“This Administration also puts forward a false choice between the liberties we cherish and the security we demand... That means no more illegal wire-tapping of American citizens. No more national security letters to spy on citizens who are not suspected of a crime. No more tracking citizens who do nothing more than protest a misguided war. No more ignoring the law when it is inconvenient. That is not who we are.” MeanWarLawChoicesLibertySecurityCrimeCitizensDemandLettersAdministrationWho We AreProtestIllegalCherishNational SecuritySpyWireNsaAmerican CitizensInconvenientMisguidedTappingTracking Author:Barack Obama
“And we are in a strange conundrum. You can kill an American citizen overseas. But according to this administration, if you capture him in the United States, they've got to be read their Miranda rights.” IfsStatesUnitedUnited StatesRightsStrangeCitizensAdministrationCaptureAmerican CitizensConundrumsMiranda Author:John McCain
“No President should fear public scrutiny of his program. For from that scrutiny comes understanding; and from that understanding comes support or opposition and both are necessary. I am not asking your newspapers to support the Administration, but I am asking your help in the tremendous task of informing and alerting the American people. For I have complete confidence in the response and dedication of our citizens whenever they are fully informed.” PeopleShouldHelpingUnderstandingPresidentSupportCitizensProgramTasksAskingResponseNewspapersAdministrationOppositionDedicationScrutinySecret SocietyInforming Author:John F. Kennedy
“A government which can protect and defend its citizens from wrong and outrage and does not is vicious. A government which would do it and cannot is weak; and where human life is insecure through either weakness or viciousness in the administration of law, there must be a lack of justice and where this is wanting, nothing can make up the deficiency.” HumansDoeGovernmentLawLife IsJusticeCitizensProtectWeaknessWeakAdministrationHuman LifeInsecureViciousOutrageDeficiency Author:Frances Harper
“... The popular attitude toward the administration of justice should be one of respect and confidence. Bureaucratic, purely official justice, can never receive such confidence. The one way to secure it is to give the citizen-body itself a share in the administration of justice. And that is what jury-trial does.” WayGivingShouldDoeBodyJusticeAttitudeShareCitizensTrialsSecureOne WayAdministrationOfficialsJuryTrial By JuryAdministration Of Justice Author:John Henry Wigmore
“In the string of amazing decisions made during the first year of the Obama administration, nothing seems more like sheer insanity than the decision to try foreign terrorists, who have committed acts of war against the United States, in federal court, as if they were American citizens accused of crimes.” IfsTryingYearsFirstsMadeWarStatesSeemsDecisionUnitedUnited StatesCrimeCitizensCourtCommittedTerroristAdministrationInsanityStringsSheerAccusedAmerican CitizensDecisions Made Book:Dismantling America and Other Controversial Essays (Large Print 16pt) Source: Dismantling America and Other Controversial Essays (Large Print 16pt)
“The goal of liberalism is the peaceful cooperation of all men. It aims at peace among nations too. When there is private ownership of the means of production everywhere and when laws, the tribunals and the administration treat foreigners and citizens on equal terms, it is of little importance where a country's frontiers are drawn... War no longer pays; there is no motive for aggression... All nations can coexist peacefully.” MenMeanLittlesWarCountryLawNationsGoalTermPayCitizensEqualTreatsImportanceAimProductionsPeacefulAdministrationMotiveLiberalismCooperationAggressionOwnershipFrontiersForeignersCoexistTribunals Author:Ludwig von Mises
“The Obama administration seems to be following what might be called 'the Detroit pattern increasing taxes, harassing businesses, and pandering to unions. In the short run, it got mayors re-elected. In the long-run, it reduced Detroit from a thriving city to an economic disaster area, whose population was cut in half, as its most productive citizens fled.” LongSeemsMightRunningCitiesHalfCuttingEconomicCitizensTaxesAreasUnionsPatternsPopulationFollowingDisasterAdministrationProductiveLong RunsMayorsDetroit Author:Thomas Sowell
“As a comedian, as a person, as a citizen, as a mammal - in all of those areas, I am looking forward to the end of the Bush administration with every fiber of my being.” PersonsEndsCitizensAreasAdministrationComedianLooking ForwardFiberMammals Author:Jon Stewart
“You know what the [Barack] Obama administration keeps getting wrong is whenever anything bad happens they focus on law-abiding citizens instead of focusing on the bad guys.” KnowsHappensLawGuyFocusCitizensAdministrationBarackBad GuysAbidingLaw Abiding Citizen Author:Ted Cruz
“What we have now is democracy without citizens. No one is on the public's side. All the buyers are on the corporations' side. And the bureaucrats in the Administration don't think the government belongs to the people.” PeopleThinkingGovernmentSidesDemocracyCitizensAdministrationCorporationsBureaucratsBuyers Author:Ralph Nader
“I would like to say is that to be truly American and represent American ideals you need to consider yourself a citizen of the world. American policy has gone contrary to that ideal. The Bush Administration is bent on making the world submit to "Americanism" instead of becoming a member of the world community. This orchestration comes from the very top of the Administration and has pushed America into a corner. So, rather than trying to humbly mix with the rest of the world, we are forcing ourselves upon it. We seem to create conflicts with everyone.” WorldNeedsTryingSeemsAmericaCommunityGonePolicyBecomingCitizensConflictMembersIdealsCornersContraryAdministrationSubmitBentAmericanismOrchestration Author:Chuck D
“have a lot of respect for the responsibility that journalists have to ask tough questions, to hold the administration accountable and to be advocates for the citizens of the United States.” StatesAsksUnitedResponsibilityUnited StatesCitizensToughAdministrationJournalistTough Questions Author:Josh Earnest
“She [Justice sandra Day O'Connor] rejected the [George] Bush administration's claim that it could indefinitely detain a United States citizen. She upheld the fundamental principle of judicial review over the exercise of government power.” StatesGovernmentJusticeUnitedPrinciplesUnited StatesCitizensExerciseClaimsFundamentalsAdministrationReviewsRejectedJudicialFundamental PrinciplesSandra Day O ConnorJudicial Review Author:Patrick Leahy
“Under unitary executive theory, the [George W.]Bush administration has claimed the right to seize American citizens in the United States and imprison them indefinitely without a charge.” StatesUnitedUnited StatesTheoryCitizensAdministrationExecutivesAmerican Citizens Author:Dick Durbin
“My administration will not answer to donors or lobbyists or special interests, but we will serve the citizens of the United States of America, believe me.” BelieveStatesAmericaInterestAnswersUnitedUnited StatesSpecialCitizensAdministrationBelieve In MeUnited States Of AmericaSpecial InterestsDonorsLobbyists Author:Donald Trump