“We address the problems of so many Dutch citizens that are afraid to go out in their neighbourhoods after 10pm, who are afraid to send their children to school because of all the harassment they get from this parallel Islamic society. And people are not extreme in Holland.” PeopleChildrenProblemSchoolCitizensExtremesIslamicAddressesParallelsDutchHarassmentHollandNeighbourhoodsIslamic Society Author:Geert Wilders
“I think our children will be living on floating cities, and they will look back on the 20th Century, when people lived in primitive governments founded in previous centuries, and they will be living on modular, sustainable, floating cities that we can't imagine now, that are based on the voluntary choice of citizens. I think we will have a marvellous world in the 21st Century.” PeopleThinkingWorldLooksChildrenGovernmentChoicesCitiesImagineCenturyCitizensOur ChildrenPrimitive21st Century20th CenturyFloatingLiving OnMarvellous Author:Joe Quirk
“I have privileges even in comparison to a Palestinian Israeli because Palestinian Israelis who live permanently in Ramallah risk their status, not as citizens but as residents. They might lose their social rights if they move to Ramallah. But I won't, so I live with privileges. That notion is very difficult for me as a child who was raised in a left-wing family, a family of people who suffered discrimination as Jews abroad. The notion that I am so privileged is disgusting. But this is what it means to live in a white society. You are white, so you are privileged.” PeopleIfsMeanChildrenMightMovingLeftSocialDifficultLosesWhiteRightsRiskCitizensWingsRaisedNotionPrivilegeJewDiscriminationComparisonDisgustingPalestinianPrivilegedIsraeliLeft WingResidents Author:Amira Hass
“We have a responsibility as a state to protect our most vulnerable citizens: our children, seniors, people with disabilities. That is our moral obligation. But there is an economic justification too - we all pay when the basic needs of our citizens are unmet.” PeopleNeedsChildrenStatesPayResponsibilityMoralEconomicCitizensProtectOur ChildrenObligationVulnerableDisabilityJustificationSeniorMoral ObligationBasic NeedsPeople With Disabilities Author:John Lynch
“I'm a dual citizen, as are my husband and children. We have got eight passports between us; we're weighed down by them whenever we go anywhere.” ChildrenCitizensHusbandEightMy HusbandPassports Author:Emily Mortimer
“We pay a price when we deprive children of the exposure to the values, principles, and education they need to make them good citizens.” NeedsChildrenValuesPayPrinciplesCitizensExposureGood Citizen Author:Sandra Day O'Connor
“And a special thank you to the citizens of Massachusetts: You are paying all the taxes, creating all the jobs, raising all the children. This government is yours. Thank you for letting me serve you. I love this job.” LoveChildrenGovernmentJobsSpecialCitizensTaxesCreatingMassachusetts Author:Mitt Romney
“Second, we will give our fellow citizens the skills they need for the jobs of today and the careers of tomorrow. When it comes to the school your child will attend, every parent should have a choice, and every child should have a chance.” NeedsGivingShouldChildrenTodaySchoolJobsChoicesParentChanceCareersTomorrowCitizensSkillsShould HaveFellowsYour Children Author:Mitt Romney
“I see myself as a citizen of the planet. Even as a child, I always found it mindless to root for your own team. I was puzzled by the fact that people said their own team was better than other teams simply because it was theirs.” PeopleChildrenSaidFactsFoundTeamPlanetsCitizensRootsMindlessPuzzled Author:Wallace Shawn
“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
“...how can we live in the richest, most privileged country in the world, at the peak of its economic performance, and still hear the Republicans, and too many Democrats, that we cannot afford to provide a good education for every child, that we cannot afford to provide health security for all our citizens?” WorldChildrenStillsCountryEconomicSecurityCitizensRepublicanPerformancesDemocratPrivilegedGood Education Book:The Conscience of a Liberal: Reclaiming the Compassionate Agenda Source: The Conscience of a Liberal: Reclaiming the Compassionate Agenda