“Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours. I am the fellow citizen of every being that thinks; my country is Truth.” ThinkingMindCountryTruthReadingMaterialsCitizensFellows Author:Alphonse de Lamartine
“MindSparks has produced some of the best materials on the market for teaching students how to read and write history with intellectual integrity and depth. Rarely have I come across curriculum so useful in helping students become literate, thinking citizens. Bravo.” ThinkingWritingHelpingTeachingStudentsMaterialsCitizensIntegrityIntellectualDepthCurriculumTeaching StudentsBravo Author:Sam Wineburg
“The object of government is the welfare of the people. The material progress and prosperity of a nation are desirable chiefly so far as they lead to the moral and material welfare of all good citizens.” PeopleGovernmentNationsMoralProgressObjectsMaterialsCitizensProsperityWelfareDesirableGood Citizen Book:The New Nationalism Source: The New Nationalism
“The truthfulness of materials of constructions, concrete, bricks and stone, shall be maintained in all buildings constructed or to be constructed. The seed of Chandigarh is well sown. It is for the citizens to see that the tree flourishes.” WellsTreeBuildingMaterialsCitizensStonesSeedsConstructionConcreteBricksTruthfulness Author:Le Corbusier
“Germans, Frenchmen and Englishmen can say of themselves: "I am the state." I cannot say that. In Russia only the people in the Kremlin can say that. All other citizens are nothing more than human material with which they can do all kinds of things.” PeopleHumansKindStatesCan DoMaterialsCitizensRussiaAll KindsEnglishmenFrenchmenKremlin Author:Vladimir Sorokin
“Ordinary citizens are so accepting of what is going on, grumbling when their material interests were affected, but seemingly accepting the spiritual poverty so characteristic of today.” TodaySpiritualInterestAcceptingPovertyMaterialsCitizensOrdinaryCharacteristicsAffectedOrdinary CitizensGrumbling Author:Charles Handy
“In spite of nuclear weapons, large numbers of American citizens feel totally insecure. And in spite of so much wealth, industry and technology, many Americans are living under deprivation and anxiety. So happiness is not in accumulation of material goods, it's in sharing and caring.” FeelsWealthNumbersTechnologyMaterialsIndustryCitizensAnxietyWeaponsCaringNuclearSpiteGoodsNuclear WeaponsInsecureAccumulationLarge NumbersAmerican CitizensDeprivationSharing And Caring Author:Satish Kumar