“By contrast, China is a repressive regime that denies its citizens the essential freedoms of religion, political dissent and representative self-government.” SelfGovernmentPoliticalCitizensEssentialsChinaDenyRegimesContrastRepresentativesDissentFreedom Of ReligionSelf-government Author:Todd Akin
“A strong defense is the surest way to peace. Strength makes detente attainable. Weakness invites war, as my generation - my generation - knows from four very bitter experiences. Just as America's will for peace is second to none, so will America's strength be second to none. We cannot rely on the forbearance of others to protect this Nation. The power and diversity of the Armed Forces, active Guard and Reserve, the resolve of our fellow citizens, the flexibility in our command to navigate international waters that remain troubled are all essential to our security.” WayWarStrongForceNationsPeaceWaterFourSecurityCitizensProtectEssentialsDiversityWeaknessFellowsInternationalActiveDefenseCommandBitterRelyResolveInvitesReservesFlexibilityNavigateArmed ForcesForbearanceBitter ExperienceDetente Author:Gerald R. Ford
“The power and diversity of the Armed Forces, active Guard and Reserve, the resolve of our fellow citizens, the flexibility in our command to navigate international waters that remain troubled are all essential to our security.” ForceWaterSecurityCitizensEssentialsDiversityFellowsInternationalActiveDefenseCommandResolveReservesFlexibilityNavigateArmed ForcesDetente Book:Gerald R. Ford: containing the public messages, speeches, and statements of the President Source: Gerald R. Ford: containing the public messages, speeches, and statements of the President
“What, on the eternal list of priorities, precedes health? What more obvious role could government have than the defense of the life, of each citizen? We cannot stop every germ that seeks to harm us any more than we can stop every person who seeks to harm us. But we can try dammit and government's essential role in that effort facilitate it, reduce its cost, broaden its availability, improve my health and yours, seems, ultimately, self-explanatory.” TryingPersonsSelfSeemsGovernmentEffortRolesHealthCitizensCostEssentialsEternalObviousHarmDefenseListsPrioritiesGermsFacilitateAvailability Author:Keith Olbermann
“To the Baptist Churches on Neal's Greek on Black Creek, North Carolina I have received, fellow-citizens, your address, approving my objection to the Bill containing a grant of public land to the Baptist Church at Salem Meeting House, Mississippi Territory. Having always regarded the practical distinction between Religion and Civil Government as essential to the purity of both, and as guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States, I could not have otherwise discharged my duty on the occasion which presented itself” StatesGovernmentReligionHouseBlackChurchUnitedUnited StatesLandDutyCitizensEssentialsConstitutionFellowsBillsMeetingsPracticalsOccasionsGreekPurityDistinctionAddressesGrantsTerritoryBaptistsObjectionsMississippiCarolinaContainingNorth CarolinaConstitution Of The United StatesCreeksApprovingSalemPublic Lands Author:James Madison
“I'm pushing for citizen equality not because of some moral idea, but because this is the essential way to crack the corruption that now makes it so Washington can't work.” WayIdeasMoralCitizensEssentialsCorruptionPushingCracks Author:Lawrence Lessig
“Everybody thinks of economics whether he is aware of it or not. In joining a political party or in casting his ballot, the citizen implicitly takes a stand upon essential economic theories.” ThinkingPoliticalPartyEconomicTheoryCitizensEssentialsEconomicsPolitical PartiesCastingJoiningBallotsEconomic Theory Author:Ludwig von Mises
“The more our feelings diverge, the more deeply felt they are, the greater is our obligation to grant the sincerity and essential decency of our fellow citizens on the other side.” FeelingsFeltSidesGreaterCitizensEssentialsFellowsObligationGrantsSincerityDecency Author:Edward Kennedy
“Sometimes, when asked the what-do-you-do question, it occurs to me to say that I work for the government. I have a government job, essential to national security. I AM A CITIZEN. Like the Supreme Court judges, my job is for life, and the well-being of my country depends on me. It seems fair to think that I should be held accountable for my record in the same way I expect accountability from those who seek elected office. I would like to be able to say that I can stand on my record and am proud of it.” ThinkingWayShouldWellsI CanCountrySometimesSeemsGovernmentAbleJobsRecordsSecurityJudgingDependsProudCitizensEssentialsOfficeFairsCourtSupremeWell BeingAccountabilitySupreme CourtNational SecurityCourt JudgesGovernment Jobs Author:Robert Fulghum