“The nation guarantees the nurture, education, and comfortable maintenance of every citizen from the cradle to the grave.” NationsCitizensComfortableGravesGuaranteesNurtureCradleMaintenance Author:Edward Bellamy
“We hold that the ownership of private property is the right and privilege of every American citizen and is one of the foundation stones upon which this nation and its free enterprise system has been built and has prospered. We feel that private property rights and human rights are inseparable and indivisible. Only in those nations that guarantee the right of ownership of private property as basic and sacred under their law is there any recognition of human rights.” FeelsHumansHas BeensWisdomLawPoliticsNationsEconomyRightsCitizensBuiltStonesFoundationSacredPropertyHuman RightsPrivilegeRecognitionLiberalismGuaranteesEnterpriseOwnershipInseparablePrivate PropertyProperty RightsAmerican CitizensFree EnterpriseIndivisible Author:John Rarick
“The suggestion of denying any measure of their full political rights to such a great group of our population as the colored people is one which, however it might be received in some other quarters, could not possibly be permitted by one who feels a responsibility for living up to the traditions and maintaining the principles of the Republican Party. Our Constitution guarantees equal rights to all our citizens, without discrimination on account of race or color. I have taken my oath to support that Constitution.” FeelsMightPoliticalPartyRaceResponsibilityPrinciplesSupportTakenRightsGroupsColorCitizensRepublicanEqualTraditionAccountsConstitutionPopulationDiscriminationCivil RightsAfrican AmericanGuaranteesQuartersSuggestionsRepublican PartyMaintainingEqual RightsOathPolitical Rights Author:Calvin Coolidge
“To be a born American citizen seems a guarantee against pauperism; and this, perhaps, springs from the virtue of a vote.” SeemsBornVirtueCitizensSpringVoteGuaranteesAmerican CitizensSuffrage Book:Redburn's First Voyage: Works of Melville Source: Redburn's First Voyage: Works of Melville
“Without free, self-respecting, and autonomous citizens there can be no free and independent nations. Without internal peace, that is, peace among citizens and between the citizens and the state, there can be no guarantee of external peace.” SelfStatesNationsPeaceFreedomHeroCitizensRespectIndependentGuaranteesInternalsCitizenshipAutonomousWorld CitizenInternal Peace Author:Vaclav Havel
“The rule of law does not guarantee freedom, since general law as well as personal edicts can be tyrannical. But increasing reliance on the rule of law clearly played a major role in transforming Western society from a world in which the ordinary citizen was literally subject to the arbitrary will of his master to a world in which the ordinary citizen could regard himself as his own master” WorldWellsDoeLawRolesSubjectsMastersCitizensMajorsOrdinaryRegardWesternGuaranteesArbitraryRelianceTransformingRule Of LawWestern SocietyOrdinary Citizens Book:There's no such thing as a free lunch Source: There's no such thing as a free lunch
“In the economy we guarantee all market players the same conditions, and the private sector plays an increasingly important role. We are in the process of dissolving thousands of state-owned companies and converting them into stock corporations. We even plan to accelerate this development. In contrast, it is the party's responsibility to improve the lives of the people, and this is where our citizens have great confidence in us. Party members who commit crimes are severely punished.” PeopleImportantStatesPlayProcessPartyResponsibilityCompanyRolesEconomyPlayerPlansConditionsCrimeDevelopmentCitizensMembersCommitCorporationsGuaranteesContrastPrivate SectorConvertingAccelerateDissolvingGreat Confidence Author:Nguyen Minh Triet
“What do you do when other countries' intelligence agencies give you information and you aren't entirely certain about its source? Simply ignore it? That's impossible. We have a duty to guarantee the safety of our citizens.” GivingCountryCertainImpossibleInformationDutySourceCitizensSafetyAgencyGuaranteesOther CountriesIntelligence Agencies Author:Angela Merkel
“Secondly, there are such things as roving wiretaps. Now, by the way, any time you hear the United States government talking about wiretap, it requires - a wiretap requires a court order. [...] Nothing has changed, by the way. When we're talking about chasing down terrorists, we're talking about getting a court order before we do so. [...]” ThinkingWayImportantStatesGovernmentValuesOrderUnitedTalkingUnited StatesChangedCitizensProtectConstitutionFellowsCourtTerroristGuaranteesPatriotChasingHomelandState GovernmentThings Have ChangedUnited States GovernmentPatriot ActRoving Author:George W. Bush
“I can always guarantee that the Irish Citizen Army will fight but I cannot guarantee that it will be on time” I CanFightingCitizensArmyGuaranteesGuarantees That Author:James Connolly
“Here I encounter the most popular fallacy of our times. It is not considered sufficient that the law should guarantee to every citizen the free and inoffensive use of his faculties for physical, intellectual and moral self-improvement. Instead, it is demanded that the law should directly extend welfare, education, and morality throughout the nation. This is the seductive lure of socialism. And I repeat: these two uses of the law are in direct contradiction to each other.” ShouldTwoSelfUseLawNationsMoralCitizensMoralityIntellectualSelf ImprovementDirectImprovementSocialismWelfareSufficientOur TimeRepeatsEncountersGuaranteesContradictionFacultySeductiveFallacyLure Book:The Law Source: The Law
“The US Constitution only guarantees your rights as a citizen, it doesn't guarantee happiness. It may take work, but if you have your rights, happiness is very possible.” IfsMayRightsCitizensConstitutionGuaranteesUs Constitution Author:Benjamin Franklin