“I assure my fellow citizens that the vast majority of Muslims experience the same fear they do. ISIS and Al Qaeda are my enemies, too. Most of the people killed by these groups have been Muslim.” PeopleHas BeensEnemyGroupsCitizensFellowsMajorityAlsIsisAl Qaeda Author:Debbie Almontaser
“Without question, so many people, throughout my life, never think of Puerto Rico as part of the United States. Many people have no idea what the relationship is between Puerto Rico and the United States. And certainly, I have been asked if we are citizens.” PeopleIfsThinkingHas BeensIdeasStatesUnitedUnited StatesCitizensNo IdeaPuerto RicoRico Author:Sonia Sotomayor
“Overwhelming the majority of European citizens are unhappy with the social deal they get, yes; and that is why they are so angry with their governments. Because they want more, much more! They couldn't care less that their benefits, salaries and other privileges, have been, for decades and centuries 'subsidized' by the plunder of other parts of the planet; that they are paid for by blood.” WantHas BeensGovernmentCareSocialDealsBloodCenturyPlanetsCitizensBenefitsPaidAngryMajorityPrivilegeDecadesUnhappyOverwhelmingSalaryPlunder Author:Andre Vltchek
“In medicine, we have invented an entirely new healing paradigm. Now we no longer simply look to the doctor and to medicine to heal us. We now recognize what has been substantiated scientifically everywhere from Harvard to Duke to Stanford - that the power of the mental and spiritual consciousness of the patient is as significant in healing as physical factors are. If we apply that same paradigm to politics, we see that the mind and the spiritual consciousness of the citizen are every bit as important as anything that goes on in the government.” IfsMindLooksHas BeensImportantGovernmentSpiritualBitsHealingConsciousnessGoes OnCitizensDoctorsMedicinePatientSignificantHealFactorsHarvardParadigmDukesStanford Author:Marianne Williamson
“The Baltic republics have invented something totally new. Do you know what? They use the word 'non-citizens' for people who have been living for decades in the territory of Baltic states and have been deprived of a number of political rights. They cannot participate in the election campaigns; they have limited political and social rights. Everybody keeps quiet about it, as if this is the way it should be. Of course, this cannot but cause a certain reaction.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayShouldHas BeensStatesUsePoliticalCertainCoursesSocialCausesNumbersRightsCitizensQuietElectionDecadesCampaignsReactionsDo You KnowRepublicTerritoryDeprivedPolitical Rights Author:Vladimir Putin
“Hugh [Evans] called us. And obviously this has been on our radar for all the years it`s been going on. And each year obviously reaches more and more people, and it`s high profile. Hugh reached out to our manager just down the street. And we said we`re here [ on GLOBAL CITIZEN in the Central Park] to help and do whatever we can.” PeopleYearsHas BeensSaidHelpingStreetsCitizensManagersParksProfileGlobal CitizenRadarCentral ParkHigh Profile Author:Lars Ulrich
“There are American citizens who have been inspired to commit acts of terror on American soil, the latest incident, of course, the bombings we just saw in New York and New Jersey, the knife attack at a mall in Minnesota, in the last year, deadly attacks in San Bernardino and Orlando.” YearsHas BeensLastsCoursesSawsNew YorkCitizensInspiredTerrorCommitSoilKnivesLast YearJerseyIncidentsBombingMallsNew JerseyAmerican CitizensMinnesotaOrlandoActs Of Terror Author:Lester Holt
“My fellow Americans, it has been the honor of my life to serve you. I won't stop. In fact, I will be right there with you as a citizen for all my remaining days.” Has BeensFactsCitizensHonorFellows Author:Jason Chaffetz
“Richard Nixon got kicked out of Washington for tapping one hotel suite. Today we're tapping every American citizen in the country, and no one has been put on trial for it or even investigated. We don't even have an inquiry into it.” Has BeensCountryTodayCitizensTrialsHotelInquiryAmerican CitizensTapping Author:Edward Snowden
“You might get rid of the Bishop and get to the local Ku Klux Klan leader. That, on the whole, has been the fate of certain types of Protestantism. They get under the control of a White Citizens Council while the Catholic Church has an authoritarian system, yes, in which the Bishop expresses the conscience of the whole Christian community and they say there are some things that you can't do on this matter.” Has BeensMatterWholeMightChristianCertainCommunityChurchWhiteLeaderFateTypeCitizensConscienceCatholicLocalsCouncilCatholic ChurchBishopsProtestantismKu Klux KlanChristian Community Author:Reinhold Niebuhr
“American citizens have been killed abroad by drones with no due process, no accountability, no judicial review.” Has BeensProcessCitizensDuesAccountabilityReviewsJudicialAmerican CitizensDronesDue ProcessJudicial Review Author:Cornel West
“What's happened is that our government has been taken over by a secret government, which is associated with President Obama. And this has gone through one step and another. We've just gone through another step, which is actually, really mass murder, mass murder of citizens of the United States - the only term you can call it.” Has BeensStatesGovernmentPresidentTermUnitedSecretStepsUnited StatesGoneTakenHappenedCitizensMassMurderPresident Obama Author:Lyndon LaRouche
“You are an American, so you're hurt that other American citizens have been hurt, but you end up having to shoulder the shame for something that you don't even believe. There's a lot of years where Muslims have dealt with having to make themselves very small and not disrupt the flow and not - make sure that you're not noticed because, you know, deep down inside people are not really excited that you're around .” PeopleKnowsYearsBelieveHas BeensEndsHurtCitizensFlowShameExcitedShouldersDeep DownAmerican CitizensBeen Hurt Author:Mahershala Ali
“Obama has done things like Hitler did. Let me be very careful here. The National Socialists rounded people up and held them without trial, signed legislation that gave torture impunity, and spied on their citizens, just as Obama has. It isn't a question of what has been done that Hitler did. It's what does every dictator do, on the left or the right, that is being done here and now.” PeopleDoeHas BeensDoneLeftCitizensLet MeCarefulTrialsTortureDictatorLegislationHere And NowBeing DoneImpunity Author:Naomi Wolf
“There's been a systematic propagandizing of American citizens for 30 years to make us forget what America is supposed to be and what our rights are and what our system is and what our core principles are. And one of them since 1807 has been this right that the founding generation put in place, to make sure that military troops would never, ever, ever be deployed in the United States of America for civilian policing.” YearsHas BeensStatesAmericaForgetUnitedPrinciplesUnited StatesRightsGenerationsMilitaryCitizensCoreSupposed To BeTroopsUnited States Of AmericaFoundingCiviliansSystematicAmerican Citizens Author:Naomi Wolf
“I just think that a much more important part of the problem we face, which was evident 10 years ago and is even more evident now, is that the way we share information among ourselves as American citizens has been radically transformed. The line between news and entertainment has almost dissolved, where ratings now have a big impact on what kinds of stories are covered and not stories.” ThinkingWayYearsKindHas BeensImportantStoriesProblemBigsFacesLinesShareInformationCitizensNewsYears AgoImpactEntertainmentCoveredTransformedEvidentRatingAmerican CitizensBig Impact Author:Al Gore
“Tolerance has been a very important feature of Christianity from its very roots, despite all the other things that have gone on since. And that, I think, must be the global perspective. Tolerance implies more than saying, "Well, let the Muslims go on with what they are doing." It also means trying to learn something from them and adding that to your own tradition. That is the attitude I think needs to inform the global citizen of the future.” ThinkingNeedsTryingWellsMeanHas BeensImportantAttitudeChristianityGonePerspectiveGoes OnCitizensTraditionRootsToleranceDespiteFeaturesGlobal Citizen Author:Ninian Smart
“As a lawyer, as a private citizen, you see a lot of injustice. You see a lot of people who should have been punished and are not, and people who were punished wrongfully are not vindicated. Fiction is sort of a way to set the record straight, and let people at least believe that justice can be achieved and the right outcomes can occur.” PeopleWayShouldBelieveHas BeensJusticeFictionRecordsCitizensShould HaveInjusticeLawyerOutcomesShould Have BeenVindicated Author:David Baldacci
“I happen to represent Enron here in Houston. We have many good corporate citizens here in Houston. Enron happened to have been one.” Has BeensHappensHappenedCitizensCorporateHoustonEnron Author:Sheila Jackson Lee
“Nobody has been arrested on Wall Street for the crash of 2008. They're not paying their fair share of the taxes. And now with the Citizens United case of the Supreme Court, they get to buy politicians up out in the open.” Has BeensUnitedCasesShareStreetsWallCitizensPoliticianTaxesFairsCourtSupremeCrashSupreme CourtArrestedFair ShareCitizens United Author:Michael Moore
“U.K. citizens fleeing the Middle East and Japan have been allowed to take their animal companions with them on evacuation flights. The U.S. is not so civilized, and that's a blot on our national copybook.” Has BeensAnimalMiddleCitizensEastFlightJapanCompanionCivilizedMiddle EastFleeingEvacuation Author:Ingrid Newkirk
“It is important to note that there are no age limitations on who can donate organs and tissue. Newborns as well as senior citizens have been organ donors.” WellsHas BeensImportantAgeCitizensNotesLimitationOrgansSeniorTissuesNewbornDonorsDonateSenior CitizenOrgan Donor Author:Vic Snyder
“Whatever you may think of the proposed mosque and community center, lost in the heat of the debate has been a basic question: Should government attempt to deny private citizens the right to build a house of worship on private property based on their particular religion?” ThinkingShouldMayHas BeensGovernmentHouseLostCommunityParticularCitizensWorshipPropertyDenyDebateHeatPrivate PropertyMosquesCommunity CentersHouses Of Worship Author:Michael Bloomberg
“No one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens but its lowest ones.” KnowsShouldHas BeensSaidInspirationNationsInspiringCompassionCitizensHighestTreatsPrisonJailPrisonerJudgedLowestApartheidLong Walk To FreedomPrison System Author:Nelson Mandela