“The object of this edict is to enlighten the present and future citizens of Chandigarh about the basic concepts of planning of the city so that they become its guardians and save it from whims of individuals.” IndividualCitiesObjectsCitizensConceptsPlanningGuardianEnlighteningWhim Author:Le Corbusier
“Under the constitution, there was never meant to be a federal police force. Even an FBI limited only to investigations was not accepted until this century. Yet today, fueled by the federal government's misdirected war on drugs, radical environmentalism, and the aggressive behavior of the nanny state, we have witnessed the massive buildup of a virtual army of armed regulators prowling the States where they have no legal authority. The sacrifice of individual responsibility and the concept of local government by the majority of American citizens has permitted the army of bureaucrats to thrive.” WarStatesGovernmentTodayIndividualForceResponsibilitySacrificeCenturyCitizensDrugAuthorityBehaviorConceptsConstitutionArmyPoliceMajorityAcceptedLocalsRadicalThriveMassiveMeant To BeAggressiveInvestigationFederal GovernmentFbiEnvironmentalismProhibitionBureaucratsWar On DrugsAmerican CitizensNanniesRegulatorsLocal GovernmentPolice ForceIndividual ResponsibilityProwling Author:Ron Paul
“Putin likes to quote a sentence from Czar Alexander III, who said that Russian has only two allies - the army and the navy. As a citizen, this makes me sit up and take notice. This is a concept of self-imposed isolation, a defense strategy that sees Russia surrounded by enemies.” SaidTwoSelfEnemyCitizensConceptsArmyStrategySentencesDefenseRussiaLikesIsolationAlliesNavyPutinCzars Author:Vladimir Sorokin
“The 16th Amendment corroded the American concept of natural rights; ultimately reduced the American citizen to a status of subject, so much so that he is not aware of it; enhanced Executive power to the point of reducing Congress to innocuity; and enabled the central government to bribe the states, once independent units, into subservience. No kingship in the history of the world ever exercised more power than our Presidency, or had more of the people's wealth at its disposal.” PeopleWorldStatesGovernmentPoliticalPoliticsNaturalWealthRightsSubjectsCitizensConceptsIndependentCongressExecutivesAmendmentsUnitsPresidencyWorld HistoryReducingAmerican CitizensBribeNatural RightsExecutive PowerCentral GovernmentSubservienceKingship Book:Income Tax: Root of All Evil Source: Income Tax: Root of All Evil
“The more the state gives to its citizens, the less they have to earn. That is the basic concept of the welfare state - you receive almost everything you need without having to earn any of it. About half of Americans now pay no federal income tax - but they receive all government benefits just as if they had paid for, i.e., earned them.” IfsNeedsGivingStatesGovernmentPayHalfCitizensTaxesBenefitsConceptsPaidIncomeWelfareIncome TaxWelfare State Author:Dennis Prager
“I completely agree with the concept that American citizens shouldn't expect that a failure of a bank would cost them money, or that it would hurt the economy.” HurtEconomyCitizensCostConceptsAgreeAmerican Citizens Author:Jamie Dimon
“When we speak of the origin of western democracy it's precisely here, in this territory that the modern definition of democracy first emerged in city/states known now as Greece. This was coming from a society in which 30 thousand citizens had rights and 300 thousand were slaves and citizens without rights that lived in this territory. So that was the concept of western democracy; some citizens had the prerogative of exerting their civil and political rights while the others had none.” FirstsStatesPoliticalSpeakCitiesKnownDemocracyRightsModernCitizensThousandConceptsSlaveWesternDefinitionsTerritoryGreecePrerogativePolitical Rights Author:Alejandro Castro Espin
“The theory of social contracts extends as far back as Plato. However, it was the great 18th century social philosophers John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau who brought the concept of a social contract between citizens and governments sharply into political thinking, paving the way for popular democracy and constitutional republicanism.” ThinkingWayGovernmentPoliticalSocialDemocracyCenturyCitizensConceptsPhilosopherContracts18th CenturyHobbesSocial ContractRepublicanismPavingPolitical ThinkingPaving The WayJean Jacques RousseauJacques Rousseau Author:Simon Mainwaring
“Crucial to understanding federalism in modern day America is the concept of mobility, or 'the ability to vote with your feet.' If you don't support the death penalty and citizens packing a pistol - don't come to Texas. If you don't like medicinal marijuana and gay marriage, don't move to California.” IfsAmericaMovingUnderstandingAbilitySupportFeetModernCitizensGayConceptsVoteCaliforniaTexasCrucialMarijuanaPenaltiesDeath PenaltyGay MarriagePistolsMobilityPackingModern DayFederalism Author:Rick Perry
“Virginia States' rights, as our forefathers conceived it, was a protection of the right of the individual citizen. Those who preach most frequently about states' rights today are not those seeking the protection of the individual citizen, but his exploitation. The time is long past — if indeed it ever existed — when we should permit the noble concept of states' rights to be betrayed.” IfsShouldHumansLongStatesTodayPastIndividualRightsCitizensConceptsHuman RightsSeekingProtectionNobleCivil RightsDenialPermitExploitationBetrayedSlogansForefathersStates Rights Author:Robert Kennedy