“The true Christians are the true citizens, lofty of purpose, resolute in endeavor, ready for a hero's deeds, but never looking down on their task because it is cast in the day of small things; scornful of baseness, awake to their own duties as well as to their rights, following the higher law with reverence, and in this world doing all that in their power lies, so that when death comes they may feel that humanity is in some degree better because they lived.” WorldFeelsWellsMayChristianLawLyingPurposeHumanityChristianityRightsThis WorldReadyDutyHeroHigherCitizensDegreesTasksCastsFollowingDeedsAwakeEndeavorReverenceSmall ThingsLoftyResoluteLooking DownBasenessHigher Law Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“In our own country, we have seen America pay a terrible price for any form of discrimination, and we have seen us grow stronger as we have steadily let more and more of our hatreds and our fears go. As we have given more and more of our people the chance to live their dreams. That is why the flame of our Statue of Liberty, like the Olympic flame carried all across America by thousands of citizen heroes will always burn brighter than the flames that burn our churches, our synagogues, our mosques.” PeopleCountryDreamAmericaFormGivenGrowsChurchChancePayLibertyFireHeroCitizensTerribleHatredStrongerDiscriminationFlamesStatuesBrighterMosquesSynagogueStatue Of Liberty Author:William J. Clinton
“From the time of the Revolutionary War, when citizens stood forward to defend their liberties against the depredations of tyranny. All the way through Civil War, through the great World Wars, this nation has been defended by the tradition of common ordinary folks who come from behind the plow, come from the store-clerking, come from the classrooms, and so forth to get on the battlefields - ordinary citizens turned into heroes in defense of their liberty, because that's the potential of freedom.” WorldWayHas BeensWarNationsCommonBehindsLibertyHeroCitizensOrdinaryTraditionFolksDefenseStoresTyrannyRevolutionaryWar Of The WorldsCivil WarClassroomBattlefieldsRevolutionary WarOrdinary Citizens Author:Alan Keyes
“Public opinion, though slow as lava, in the end forces governments towards more sanity, more justice. My heroes and heroines are all private citizens.” EndsGovernmentForceJusticeOpinionHeroCitizensSanityPublic OpinionMy HeroHeroinesLavaHeroes And Heroines Book:The View From The Ground Source: The View From The Ground
“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
“Citizens as conceived by governments are persons who admire the status quo and are prepared to exert themselves for its preservation. Oddly enough, while all governments aim at producing men of this type to the exclusion of all other types, their heroes in the past are of exactly the sort that they aim at preventing in the present. Americans admire George Washington and Jefferson, but imprison those who share their political opinions.” MenPersonsEnoughGovernmentPastPoliticalOpinionShareTypeHeroCitizensAimPreparedAdmirePreservationStatus QuoPreventingExclusionPolitical Opinions Book:Education and the Social Order Source: Education and the Social Order
“However, after the assassination of Salman Taseer, the killer of Salman Taseer was welcomed by the religious fanatics. And they showered rose petals on him and declared him a hero of Islam. That is a matter of concern for every peace-loving citizen of Pakistan because terrorists and killers should not be given this type of encouragement. And this is encouragement for other people to take lives with their own hands and kill innocent people.” PeopleShouldMatterHandsGivenReligiousTypeHeroCitizensConcernEncouragementRoseIslamTerroristInnocentKillersPakistanFanaticsAssassinationEver AfterPetalsReligious FanaticsRed RoseRose Petals Author:Shahbaz Bhatti
“Bradley Manning should be regarded as a hero. He is doing what an honest, decent citizen should be doing: letting your population know what the government, the people who rule you are doing. They want to keep it secret of course.” PeopleKnowsWantShouldGovernmentCoursesSecretHonestHeroCitizensPopulationDecentBradley Manning Author:Noam Chomsky
“These manly sentiments, in private life, make the good citizen; in public life, the patriot and the hero.” HeroCitizensSentimentsPatriotPrivate LifePublic LifeManlyGood Citizen Author:James Otis