“I feel the desire, or rather the intense need, to do something useful for society, and that is what stimulates me. In every situation I always look for what is positive and beneficial for my fellow citizens.” NeedsFeelsLooksDesireSituationCitizensFellowsIntenseGenerosityBeneficial Author:Antoni Tapies
“To be ignorant or unconvinced of one's own needs has become the unforgivable anti-social act. The good citizen is one who imputes standardized needs to himself with such conviction that he drowns out any desire for alternatives, much less the renunciation of need.” NeedsDesireSocialCitizensCapitalismConvictionIgnorantAlternativesRenunciationGood CitizenUnforgivableAnti Social Author:Ivan Illich
“The good citizen will demand liberty for himself, and as a matter of pride he will see to it that others receive the liberty which he thus claims as his own. Probably the best test of true love of liberty in any country is the way in which minorities are treated in that country. Not only should there be complete liberty in matters of religion and opinion, but complete liberty for each man to lead his life as he desires, provided only that in so doing he does not wrong his neighbor.” MenWayShouldDoeCountryMatterWisdomDesirePoliticsLibertyOpinionEconomyPrideCitizensDemandTestsClaimsNeighborTreatedLiberalismMinoritiesGood Citizen Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“There is an urgent need to-day for the citizens of a democracy to think well. It is not enough to have freedom of the Press and parliamentary institutions. Our difficulties are due partly to our own stupidity, partly to the exploitation of that stupidity, and partly to our own prejudices and personal desires.” ThinkingNeedsWellsEnoughDesireDemocracyCitizensDifficultyPrejudiceInstitutionsPressesStupidityDuesExploitationUrgentFreedom Of The PressParliamentaryPersonal Desire Author:Susan Stebbing
“But the desire of obtaining the advantages, and of escaping the burthens, of political society, is a perpetual and inexhaustible source of discord; nor can it reasonably be presumed that the restoration of British freedom was exempt from tumult and faction. The pre-eminence of birth and fortune must have been frequently violated by bold and popular citizens; and the haughty nobles, who complained that they were become the subjects of their own servants, would sometimes regret the reign of an arbitrary monarch.” Has BeensSometimesPoliticalDesireHistorySubjectsRegretSourceBirthCitizensAdvantageFortuneBritishServantPerpetualReignArbitraryRestorationEscapingRoman EmpireFactionsMonarchsDiscordObtainingTumultEminenceHaughty Book:The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
“What motivates me is the desire to bring up a whole new generation of active citizens who believe in peace and social justice and will work for it.” BelieveWholeDesireSocialJusticeGenerationsCitizensSocial JusticeActiveNew Generation Author:Howard Zinn
“The parliament is the supreme decision-making and legislative body in any democracy. It reflects the collective desires of the citizens and makes laws.” BodyLawDesireDecisionDemocracyCitizensSupremeCollectivesDecision MakingParliament Author:Ziauddin Sardar
“The form of government, when it has been prudently established, produces citizens distinguished for bravery, justice, and every other good quality; whereas, on the other hand, bad institutions render men cowardly, rapacious, and slaves of every foul desire.” MenHas BeensHandsGovernmentFormDesireJusticeQualityProduceCitizensBraveryInstitutionsSlaveDistinguishedFoulCowardlyForms Of GovernmentGood Quality Author:Dionysius of Halicarnassus
“I desire to call attention to the fact that the united, well ordered American home is one of the greatest contributing factors to the preservation of the Constitution of the United States. It has been aptly said that "Out of the homes of America will come the future citizens of America, and only as those homes are what they should be will this nation be what it should be."” ShouldWellsHas BeensSaidStatesFactsHomeAmericaDesireNationsUnitedAttentionUnited StatesCitizensConstitutionFactorsPreservationContributingConstitution Of The United States Author:David O. McKay
“Citizen participation is a device whereby public officials induce nonpublic individuals to act in a way the officials desire.” WayDesireIndividualLibertyCitizensLibertarianOfficialsDevicesLibertarianismParticipationPublic Officials Book:Toward a national urban policy Source: Toward a national urban policy