“I have never on the field of battle sent you where I was unwilling to go myself, nor would I now advise you to a course which I felt myself unwilling to pursue. You have been good soldiers. You can be good citizens. Obey the laws, preserve your honor, and the government to which you have surrendered can afford to be and will be magnanimous.” Has BeensWarGovernmentLawCoursesFeltFieldsCitizensHonorBattleSoldierBe GoodPursuePreservesCivil WarAdviseUnwillingGood CitizenYour HonorMagnanimousGood Soldiers Author:Nathan Bedford Forrest
“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
“They [Mc Donalds] take people and give them a first job, which enables them to get a second job. They do a very good job of educating troubled young people to be good citizens and they're probably more successful than charter schools.” PeopleGivingFirstsSchoolJobsYoungSuccessfulCitizensVery GoodBe GoodGood JobCharterGood CitizenCharter Schools Author:Charlie Munger
“It will be good for us in the long run, and I mean there are six and a half billion people in this world. And it's great for 300 million to keep enjoying more and more property, but I think it's terrific if the remainder do. And I think if they can learn something from us in terms of our system, and I think they have, they are learning more about how to unleash the potential of their citizenry to turn out more goods and services that their citizens want or that we want, I think that's terrific.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWantMeanLongRunningTurnsEnjoyTermHalfMillionsThis WorldCitizensSixPropertyBe GoodBillionsGoodsLong RunsTerrificCitizenryGoods And ServicesLearning More Author:Howard Warren Buffett
“Supreme Court nominees should know that this exercise of judicial restraint is the key ingredient of being good judge, as the Constitution constrains judges every bit as much as it constrains we legislators, executives and citizens in their actions.” KnowsShouldActionBitsJudgingKeysCitizensExerciseConstitutionCourtBe GoodSupremeExecutivesIngredientsRestraintSupreme CourtJudicialLegislatorsConstrainGood Judges Author:Chuck Grassley
“The whole idea of a public education was to train young people about how our system of government works, so they could be good citizens and be part of it. We're not doing that today.” PeopleIdeasWholeGovernmentTodayYoungCitizensTrainBe GoodPublic EducationGood CitizenSystems Of GovernmentGovernment Work Author:Sandra Day O'Connor
“The humanities prepare students to be good citizens and help them understand a complicated, interlocking world. The humanities teach us critical thinking, how to analyze arguments, and how to imagine life from the point of view of someone unlike yourself.” ThinkingWorldHelpingHumanityViewsTeachImagineStudentsCitizensArgumentComplicatedCriticalPoint Of ViewBe GoodCritical ThinkingGood Citizen Author:Martha C. Nussbaum
“We are persuaded that good Christians will always be good citizens, and that where righteousness prevails among individuals the Nation will be great and happy. Thus while just government protects all in their religious rights, true religion affords to government it's surest support.” GovernmentChristianIndividualNationsReligiousSupportRightsCitizensProtectBe GoodRighteousness4th Of JulyTrue ReligionGood ChristianGood CitizenReligious Rights Author:George Washington