“Men who have changed the world never achieved their success by winning the chief citizens to their side, but always by stirring the masses.” MenWorldPoliticsWinningSidesPowerChangedCitizensMassChiefsStirring Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“My overall worldview has never changed: that America has and must maintain the strongest military in the world, that we must lead the international community to confront threats and challenges together, and that we must use all tools of American power to protect our citizens and our interests.” WorldUseTogetherAmericaInterestCommunityChallengesMilitaryChangedCitizensProtectToolsThreatInternationalStrongestWorldviewInternational CommunityAmerican Power Author:Chuck Hagel
“In the past, in order to continue as a candidate, a serious candidate, you had to be in the top three finishes in Iowa. You had to be in the top two out of New Hampshire. All our presidents elected in the past half-century finished either first or second in New Hampshire and in the top three in Iowa. That changed with the Citizens United, when we gave unlimited amounts of money.” FirstsTwoPastOrderThreePresidentUnitedHalfCenturyChangedSeriousAmountCitizensFinishedCandidatesUnlimitedIowaHampshireNew HampshireCitizens United Author:Mark Shields
“Secondly, there are such things as roving wiretaps. Now, by the way, any time you hear the United States government talking about wiretap, it requires - a wiretap requires a court order. [...] Nothing has changed, by the way. When we're talking about chasing down terrorists, we're talking about getting a court order before we do so. [...]” ThinkingWayImportantStatesGovernmentValuesOrderUnitedTalkingUnited StatesChangedCitizensProtectConstitutionFellowsCourtTerroristGuaranteesPatriotChasingHomelandState GovernmentThings Have ChangedUnited States GovernmentPatriot ActRoving Author:George W. Bush
“It's a little bit about being a global citizen, with all the United Nations positive umph that there is with that phrase - it's about being a positive do-gooder. But it's also: how can I participate in globalization in a really clear way? Like: don't leave the house unless you can bring something worthy into the world. And so Nicaragua changed the way that I want to do things.” WorldWayWantLittlesHouseNationsBitsUnitedClearChangedCitizensLittle BitWorthyPhrasesUnited NationsGlobalizationGlobal CitizenNicaragua Author:Anne Elizabeth Moore
“I was 32 years old, and I've changed my mind. And the biggest reason that I changed my mind was my seven years as a federal prosecutor. What I learned in those seven years was that we were spending too much time talking about gun laws against law- abiding citizens and not nearly enough time talking about enforcing the gun laws strongly against criminals.” YearsMindReasonEnoughLawTalkingToo MuchChangedCitizensGunSevenSpendingCriminalsSeven YearsAbidingEnough TimeProsecutorI've ChangedLaw Abiding CitizenGun Law Author:Chris Christie
“The Pirate Party started in Sweden in 2006, and it only had one agenda: to change draconian copyright laws. But it's changed and shifted primarily because the questions of human rights and cyber have become much more relevant. So if you want to place it somewhere on the spectrum, I would say it's a party that has its roots in civilian rights. But we are not like many left parties that want to regulate citizens and create nanny states. We believe that regulation should be on the powerful, not the individuals.” IfsWantShouldBelieveHumansStatesLawIndividualLeftPowerfulPartyRightsChangedCitizensRootsHuman RightsAgendasRelevantRegulationCiviliansSpectrumPirateCopyrightSwedenCyberNanniesCopyright LawDraconian Author:Birgitta Jonsdottir
“In the period where I had to live the life of a citizen - a life where, like everybody else, I did tons of laundry and cleaned toilet bowls, changed hundreds of diapers and nursed children - I learned a lot.” ChildrenChangedCitizensPeriodsLive LifeNurseBowlsToiletsLaundryDiapers Author:Patti Smith