“The United States of America has helped underwrite the global security for more than six decades with the blood of our citizens and the strength of our arms. The service and sacrifice of our men and women in uniform has promoted peace and prosperity from Germany to Korea and enabled democracy to take hold in places like the Balkans.” MenStatesAmericaUnitedUnited StatesDemocracySacrificeBloodSecurityArmsCitizensSixMen And WomenProsperityDecadesGermanyUniformsUnited States Of AmericaKoreaBalkansService And Sacrifice Author:Barack Obama
“More than a decade after our fellow citizens began bedding down on the sidewalks, their problems continue to seem so intractable that we have begun to do psychologically what government has been incapable of doing programmatically. We bring the numbers down--not by solving the problem, but by deciding it's their own damn fault.” Has BeensProblemSeemsGovernmentNumbersCitizensFellowsFaultsDecadesDamnIncapableMeannessSidewalkBedding Author:Anna Quindlen
“Rather than fight the same tired battles that have dominated Washington for decades, it's time to try something new. Let's invest in our people without leaving them a mountain of debt. Let's meet our responsibility to the citizens who sent us here. Let's try common sense.” PeopleTryingFightingCommonResponsibilityCitizensBattleMountainTiredLeavingDebtDecadesCommon SenseSomething New Author:Barack Obama
“Not only has the number of government employees multiplied in recent decades, but the rise of government unions further stacks the political odds against private citizens.” GovernmentPoliticalNumbersCitizensUnionsDecadesEmployeeOddsGovernment Employees Book:Freedom in Chains: The Rise of the State and the Demise of the Citizen Source: Freedom in Chains: The Rise of the State and the Demise of the Citizen
“Iran aggressively pursues these weapons and exports terror, while an unelected few repress the Iranian people's hope for freedom. The Iraqi regime has plotted to develop anthrax, and nerve gas, and nuclear weapons for over a decade. This is a regime that has already used poison gas to murder thousands of its own citizens - leaving the bodies of mothers huddled over their dead children.” PeopleChildrenBodyUsedMotherCitizensWeaponsMurderLeavingTerrorDecadesNuclearPursuePoisonGasIranNervesRegimesNuclear WeaponsIranianAnthraxPoison Gas Author:George W. Bush
“Overwhelming the majority of European citizens are unhappy with the social deal they get, yes; and that is why they are so angry with their governments. Because they want more, much more! They couldn't care less that their benefits, salaries and other privileges, have been, for decades and centuries 'subsidized' by the plunder of other parts of the planet; that they are paid for by blood.” WantHas BeensGovernmentCareSocialDealsBloodCenturyPlanetsCitizensBenefitsPaidAngryMajorityPrivilegeDecadesUnhappyOverwhelmingSalaryPlunder Author:Andre Vltchek
“The Baltic republics have invented something totally new. Do you know what? They use the word 'non-citizens' for people who have been living for decades in the territory of Baltic states and have been deprived of a number of political rights. They cannot participate in the election campaigns; they have limited political and social rights. Everybody keeps quiet about it, as if this is the way it should be. Of course, this cannot but cause a certain reaction.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayShouldHas BeensStatesUsePoliticalCertainCoursesSocialCausesNumbersRightsCitizensQuietElectionDecadesCampaignsReactionsDo You KnowRepublicTerritoryDeprivedPolitical Rights Author:Vladimir Putin
“Mexico has relied on television for decades to keep the citizens misinformed and in a constant state of stupor. I mean we live in a time where democracy is almost synonymous with oligarchy.” MeanStatesDemocracyTelevisionCitizensConstantDecadesMexicoOligarchy Author:Andrea Suarez Paz
“The past two decades revolutionized the way we access information. You and I can have our questions answered with the click of a mouse at any time of day. If America, both corporation and citizen alike, can use these services to solve problems, why can't Washington?” IfsWayI CanTwoUseProblemAmericaPastInformationCitizensSolveDecadesAccessCorporationsMiceClicksTime Of Day Author:J. C. Watts