“The present mode of life on earth is madness, which is nontheless lethal for being legal. Rational existence is possible, but it calls for a world consciousness and a world design. People who develop the habit of thinking of themselves as world citizens are fulfilling the first requirement of sanity in our time.” PeopleThinkingWorldFirstsEarthExistenceConsciousnessDesignHabitCitizensMadnessRationalOur TimeSanityFulfillingRequirementsWorld Citizen Author:Norman Cousins
“The duty of the State toward the citizen is the duty of the servant to its master.... One of the duties of the State is that of caring for those of its citizens who find themselves the victims of such adverse circumstances as makes them unable to obtain even the necessities for mere existence without the aid of others.... To these unfortunate citizens aid must be extended by government--not as a matter of charity but as a matter of social duty.” MatterStatesGovernmentSocialExistenceMastersDutyCitizensCircumstancesVictimMereCharityCaringAidsServantUnfortunateAdverse Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt
“I appeal to all loyal citizens to favor, facilitate and aid this effort to maintain the honor, the integrity, and the existence of our National Union, and the perpetuity of popular government; and to redress wrongs already long enough endured.” LongEnoughGovernmentEffortExistenceCitizensHonorIntegrityUnionsAidsFavorsAppealsLoyalFacilitateRedress Book:Lincoln on Democracy Source: Lincoln on Democracy
“A group of Cuban Americans denounced the Castro government as a fascist regime that monitors and scrutinized its citizens' everyday existence. And then they excused themselves to go watch Big Brother.” BigsGovernmentExistenceWatchesGroupsBrotherCitizensEverydayRegimesFascistsCubanCastro Author:Bill Maher
“The police are the public and the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen in the interests of community welfare and existence.” GivingInterestCommunityExistenceAttentionSocietyDutyCitizensMembersPaidPoliceWelfareLaw EnforcementPolicemenIncumbents Author:Robert Peel
“Peace should provide security. It should be durable. I'm ready to go far in making painful concessions. But there is one thing I will never make any concessions on and that's the security of the Israeli citizens and the very existence of the state of Israel. The Palestinians are losing time.” ShouldStatesExistenceOne ThingSecurityReadyCitizensLosingPainfulIsraelPalestinianIsraeliConcessionsLosing Time Author:Ariel Sharon