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“Elites quite naturally define as the most important and admired qualities for a citizen those on which they themselves have concentrated.”

Important Quality Citizens Elites

Book:Voltaire's Bastards: The Dictatorship of Reason in the West

Source: Voltaire's Bastards: The Dictatorship of Reason in the West

“I want to see us build a country that is at ease with itself, a country that is confident and a country that is able and willing to build a better quality of life for all its citizens.”

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Author:John Major

“What we need is an education system that works for every child, not a select few. This starts with providing a quality education for our youngest Americans so they can learn, grow, and become prosperous citizens.”

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Author:Marc Veasey

“Being forcefully rattled out of our consumer mentality - our addiction to comfort and convenience can create an opportunity for us [people] to reconnect with what we really value and with the qualities of life that really can sustain us - which include reconnecting with our roles as citizens, community members, and human beings.”

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Author:Tim DeChristopher

“The quality of leaders matters less than the quality of citizens.”

Matter Quality Leader Citizens Qualities Of A Leader

Author:George Scialabba

“The form of government, when it has been prudently established, produces citizens distinguished for bravery, justice, and every other good quality; whereas, on the other hand, bad institutions render men cowardly, rapacious, and slaves of every foul desire.”

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Author:Dionysius of Halicarnassus

“Character is far more important than intellect in making a man a good citizen or successful at his calling- meaning by character not only such qualities as honesty and truthfulness, but courage, perseverance and self-reliance.”

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Book:The Bully Pulpit: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations

Source: The Bully Pulpit: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations

“Because the people of New Hampshire take their responsibilities as citizens of the Republic seriously, they keep it interesting for candidates who, believe it or not, can get a little tired of the mannered, predictable, and unimaginative qualities that typically afflict modern political campaigns.”

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Author:John McCain

“I think it's very important to be able to hear from our public leaders in ways that they can't entirely orchestrate, seeing them speak live and unscripted and take questions that they themselves haven't arranged ahead of time. I think this is a way in which citizens who are deciding what they think of their leaders who govern in their name, this is one of the ways in which they can evaluate how they feel about the quality of the leadership.”

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Author:David Folkenflik

“The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens.”

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Author:Alexis de Tocqueville