“Since art exists for humanity it is not unreasonable to assume that humanity has some rights in the matter. Who pays the piper calls the tune. An artist cannot be at once a rebel and a comfortable citizen.” ArtMatterArtistHumanityPayRightsCitizensComfortableAssumingTunesRebelUnreasonablePipers Author:Walter J. Phillips
“With all my heart I beseech and beg my two hundred million female compatriots to assume their responsibility as citizens. Arise! Arise! Chinese women, arise!” HeartTwoResponsibilityMillionsCitizensMy HeartHundredFemaleAssumingAriseChinese Author:Qiu Jin
“The community must assume responsibility for each child within its confines. Not one must be neglected whatever his condition. The community must see that every child gets the advantages and opportunities which are due him as a citizen and as a human being.” HumansChildrenOpportunityCommunityHuman BeingsResponsibilityConditionsCitizensAdvantageAssumingDuesNeglected Author:Pearl S. Buck
“If the state cannot be entirely composed of good men, and yet each citizen is expected to do his own business well, and must therefore have virtue, still inasmuch as all the citizens cannot be alike, the virtue of the citizen and of the good man cannot coincide. All must have the virtue of the good citizen - thus, and thus only, can the state be perfect; but they will not have the virtue of a good man, unless we assume that in the good state all the citizens must be good.” IfsMenWellsStillsStatesGovernmentPerfectVirtueCitizensAssumingBe GoodExpectedGood ManOwn BusinessGood Citizen Book:The Essential Aristotle Source: The Essential Aristotle
“I have not seen anyone assume that all the citizens of New York are guilty of murder, violence, robbery, perjury, or writing proprietary software.” WritingViolenceNew YorkCitizensMurderAssumingGuiltySoftwareRobberyPerjury Author:Richard Stallman
“We assume that we've come so far as compassionate citizens of the world if we do choose to read the news, yet the attitude towards life can be one where we put blinders on and forget that there are civil wars going on. It's easy to forget that there are so many people starving to death every single day.” PeopleIfsWorldWarEasyForgetAttitudeCitizensNewsAssumingCivil WarCompassionateStarvingBlindersAttitude Towards Life Author:Anne Hathaway
“...the essence of the evil government is that it anticipates bad conduct on the part of its citizens. Any government which assumes that the population is going to do something evil has already lost its franchise to govern.” GovernmentEvilLostCitizensEssenceAssumingPopulationAnticipateEvil Government Author:Philip K. Dick
“If citizens wish to retain their liberty, they cannot assume that those who seek power over them are honest. Skepticism of government is one of the most important-and most forgotten-bulwarks of freedom.” IfsImportantGovernmentWishLibertyHonestCitizensAssumingForgottenSkepticism Author:James Bovard
“There are actually two separate issues here. The first is whether (as ancient philosophers and Nietzsche assume) only the privileged elite can live a worthwhile life. The second is whether it's possible to fulfill the roles of both serious artist and upstanding citizen. It seems to me that philosophy can dissect both questions, by delineating clearly the anatomy of the good life and the structural conditions of the roles.” FirstsTwoPhilosophySeemsArtistRolesIssuesConditionsSeriousCitizensAssumingAncientPhilosopherGood LifeWorthwhileElitesPrivilegedAnatomy Author:Philip Kitcher
“Most Americans aren't the sort of citizens the Founding Fathers expected; they are contented serfs. Far from being active critics of government, they assume that its might makes it right.” GovernmentMightFatherCitizensEmpathyAssumingCriticsActiveExpectedApathyFoundingSerfs Author:Joseph Sobran