“My dear citizens, fellow citizens, French people, this 6th of May, have just chosen change by bringing me the presidency of the French republic. I feel the honor, which has been given to me and the task, the important task faced beyond - in front of you to serve my country.” PeopleFeelsMayHas BeensImportantCountryGivenFrontsCitizensHonorTasksFellowsDearChosenRepublicPresidency Author:Francois Hollande
“At Genoa, the word Liberty may be read over the front of the prisons and on the chains of the galley-slaves. This application of the device is good and just. It is indeed only malefactors of all estates who prevent the citizen from being free. In the country in which all such men were in the galleys, the most perfect liberty would be enjoyed.” MenMayCountryWould BePerfectLibertyFrontsCitizensPrisonSlaveChainsEnjoyedDevicesApplicationEstatesBeing Free Book:On the Social Contract Source: On the Social Contract
“If money is free speech, the big interests are sitting in front with megaphones and the average citizens are sitting in the back.” IfsBigsInterestFrontsCitizensSpeechSittingAverageFree Speech Author:John McCain
“People are always asking, "Is this person in front of me the same on the inside as he or she appears to be on the outside? Is there congruence between what's within that person and the words and actions I'm viewing and hearing externally?" Children ask that about their parents; students ask it about their teachers; parishioners ask it about their pastors and priests; employees ask it about their bosses; and in a democracy, citizens ask it about their political leaders.” PeopleChildrenPersonsActionPoliticalAsksParentLeaderDemocracyTeacherFrontsStudentsCitizensAskingHearingEmployeePriestsBossPastorPolitical LeadersWords And ActionsCongruence Author:Parker J. Palmer
“Movies such as 'Citizen Kane' and 'The Front Page' portrayed an era when driven newspapermen would do anything to get a story. The U.K.'s rough-and-tumble Fleet Street remains something of a throwback to that era, as demonstrated by the recent phone-hacking scandal - which led to the demise of yet another century-old paper, the 'News of the World.'” WorldStoriesStreetsCenturyFrontsCitizensPaperNewsPagesRemainsPhonesDrivenErasRoughScandalDemiseHackingThrowbackCitizen KaneFleet Street Author:Nathan Myhrvold