“What other nations call religious toleration, we call religious rights. They are not exercised in virtue of governmental indulgence, but as rights, of which government cannot deprive any portion of citizens, however small.” GovernmentNationsReligiousVirtueRightsCitizensPortionsIndulgenceTolerationReligious Rights Author:Richard Mentor Johnson
“Each citizen contributes to the revenues of the State a portion of his property in order that his tenure of the rest may be secure.” MayStatesOrderCitizensPropertySecurePortionsRevenueTenure Author:Baron de Montesquieu
“A share in the sovereignty of the state, which is exercised by the citizens at large, in voting at elections is one of the most important rights of the subject, and in a republic ought to stand foremost in the estimation of the law...That portion of the sovereignty, to which each individual is entitled, can never be too highly prized. It is that for which we have fought and bled.” ImportantStatesLawIndividualRightsShareSubjectsOughtCitizensElectionVotingRepublicPortionsEntitledSovereigntyEstimationElections And Voting Author:Alexander Hamilton
“I duly acknowledge that I have gone through a long life, with fewer circumstances of affliction than are the lot of most men. Uninterrupted health, a competence for every reasonable want, usefulness to my fellow-citizens, a good portion of their esteem, no complaint against the world which has sufficiently honored me, and above all, a family which has blessed me by their affections, and never by their conduct given me a moment's pain.” MenWorldWantLongMomentsPainGivenGoneHealthCitizensCircumstancesFellowsBlessedAffectionEsteemAcknowledgeReasonableFewerPortionsComplaintsAfflictionHonoredWant UCompetenceLong LifeUsefulness Author:Thomas Jefferson
“I believe the government has the right to recover from the heirs to the fortunes of its most successful citizens some portion of those fortunes.” BelieveGovernmentI BelieveSuccessfulCitizensFortunePortionsHeirs Author:Bill Gates
“A large portion of American citizens, especially people of color, have lost confidence in our criminal justice system. Many have called for appointing special prosecutors when a police officer kills or injures a civilian. If you were elected president, would you publicly support special prosecutors in these cases and what is one other thing you would do to fix our broken justice system?” PeopleIfsLostPresidentJusticeCasesSupportSpecialColorBrokenCitizensPoliceCriminalsOfficersPortionsCiviliansPolice OfficerJustice SystemAmerican CitizensCriminal JusticeProsecutorCriminal Justice SystemLost Confidence Author:Russell Simmons