“The citizens of the United States cherish sentiments the most friendly in favor of liberty and happiness...beyond the Atlantic. In the wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy to do so. It is only when our rights are invaded or seriously menaced that we resent injuries.” DoeWarMatterStatesUnitedLibertyUnited StatesTakenRightsPolicyCitizensJewFavorsInjuryFriendlyCherishSentimentsResent Author:James Monroe
“The United States grants the favors of the second, third, or fifty-seventh chance, and its citizens remain free to invent for themselves whatever character draws a crowd or pays the rent.” StatesCharacterChanceUnitedPayUnited StatesCitizensDrawsForgivenessThirdsCrowdsFavorsFiftyGrants Author:Bill Vaughan
“I'm all for experimenting with sortition - randomly selected representative bodies of citizens. But I don't favor direct democracy. We're busy. We have lives. There is reddit. Who has time to work out the right answer to the thousand policy choices a gov't must make all the time?” BodyChoicesAnswersDemocracyPolicyCitizensThousandDirectBusyWork OutFavorsRepresentativesSelectedRight AnswersRedditDirect Democracy Author:Lawrence Lessig
“A free society depends upon a high degree of mutual trust. The public will not give that trust to officials who are not seen to be impartially dedicated to the general public interest, nor will they give trust to those high in government who violate the rule of law they ask citizens to obey at the expense of self-interest, or to those who present government as the place where one feathers his own nest, [or] exchanges favors with friends and former associates.” GivingSelfGovernmentLawAsksInterestDependsCitizensDegreesFavorsFormerOfficialsMutualExpensesDedicatedAssociatesFeathersSelf InterestNestsRule Of LawFree SocietyGeneral PublicPublic InterestMutual Trust Author:Archibald Cox
“The unrestrained freedom of thinking and of openly making known one's thoughts is not inherent in the rights of citizens and is by no means worthy of favor and support.” ThinkingMeanKnownSupportRightsCitizensWorthyFavorsInherent Author:Pope Gregory XVI
“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
“People nowadays interchange gifts and favors out of friendship, but buying and selling is considered absolutely inconsistent with the mutual benevolence which should prevail between citizens and the sense of community of interest which supports our social system. According to our ideas, buying and selling is essentially anti-social in all its tendencies. It is an education in self-seeking at the expense of others, and no society whose citizens are trained in such a school can possibly rise above a very low grade of civilization” PeopleShouldIdeasSelfSchoolSocialInterestCommunitySupportEconomyCitizensCivilizationLowsSeekingFavorsSellingTendenciesBuyingGradesMutualExpensesRise AboveBenevolenceInconsistentSocial SystemsAnti SocialInterchangeBuying And Selling Book:Looking Backward: From 2000 to 1887 Source: Looking Backward: From 2000 to 1887
“There you go again. When I opposed Medicare, there was another piece of legislation meeting the same problem before the Congress. I happened to favor the other piece of legislation and thought that it would be better for the senior citizens to provide better care than the one that was finally passed.” ProblemWould BeCarePiecesHappenedCitizensMeetingsCongressFavorsLegislationSeniorMedicareSenior Citizen Author:Ronald Reagan
“In an era when too many Americans are losing their jobs or working for less, trying to make ends meet, in close cases Judge [Samuel] Alito has ruled the vast majority of the time against the claims of the individual citizens. He has acted instead in favor of government, large corporations and other powerful interests.” TryingEndsGovernmentJobsIndividualInterestPowerfulCasesJudgingCitizensLosingClaimsMajorityFavorsErasCorporations Author:Edward Kennedy
“Are there no American citizens sympathizing with whiteguard emigres who conduct propaganda in favor of capitalism, against the Soviets? Then what does the point involve? The point is not to assist these persons, not to finance their activities. The point is that officials of both countries should not interfere in the internal affairs of the other country.” ShouldPersonsDoeCountryCitizensActivityCapitalismAffairFavorsFinancePropagandaOfficialsInternalsOther CountriesInterfereAmerican CitizensInternal Affairs Author:Joseph Stalin
“Treaties, agreements and organizations to help settle disputes may be necessary, but they often favor the interests of business over citizens.” MayHelpingInterestCitizensOrganizationFavorsSettlingAgreementDisputesTreaties Author:David Suzuki