“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
“Of one man in especial, beyond anyone else, the citizens of a republic should beware, and that is of the man who appeals to them to support him on the ground that he is hostile to other citizens of the republic, that he will secure for those who elect him, in one shape or another, profit at the expense of other citizens of the republic. It makes no difference whether he appeals to class hatred or class interest, to religious or anti-religious prejudice. The man who makes such an appeal should always be presumed to make it for the sake of furthering his own interest.” MenShouldInterestDifferencesReligiousClassSupportHe ManCitizensShapesHatredPrejudiceSakeProfitSecureAppealsExpensesOne ManRepublicHostileAnti ReligiousReligious Prejudice Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“The United States, knowing no distinction of her own citizens on account of religion or nationality, naturally believes in a civilization the world over which will secure the same universal laws.” WorldBelieveStatesLawUnitedUnited StatesKnowingAtheismCitizensCivilizationUniversalAccountsPositive AtheismSecureDistinctionNationalityUniversal Laws Author:Ulysses S. Grant
“The laws ought to be so framed as to secure the safety of every citizen as much as possible. ... Political liberty does not consist in the notion that a man may do whatever he pleases; liberty is the right to do whatsoever the laws allow. ... The equality of the citizens consists in that they should all be subject to the same laws.” MenShouldMayDoeLawPoliticalLibertySubjectsOughtCitizensPleaseSafetyNotionCivil RightsSecureFramed Author:Catherine the Great
“Each and every child in this country is valuable because they are our future as a society. We cannot afford to lose a single child to ill-health, under-education, abuse, addiction, jail, or gun violence. America's highest goal should be for every child to grow up to be a successful young adult -- healthy, educated, free, secure, and a good citizen.” ShouldChildrenCountryAmericaYoungGrowsGoalLosesGrowing UpSuccessfulViolenceCitizensHealthyHighestGunAdultsAbuseAddictionYoung AdultIllValuableEducatedSecureJailOur FutureGun ViolenceGood CitizenIll HealthSingle Child Author:John F. Kerry
“Do you know what Agelisas said, when he was asked why the great city of Lacedomonie was not girded with walls? Because, pointing out the inhabitants and citizens of the city, so expert in military discipline and so strong and well armed: "Here," he said, "are the walls of the city," meaning that there is no wall but of bones, and that towns and cities can have no more secure nor stronger wall than the virtue of their citizens and inhabitants.” KnowsWellsSaidStrongCitiesVirtueSecurityMilitaryWallCitizensDisciplineStrongerTownsBonesSecureExpertsDo You KnowPointingGreat CitiesMilitary Discipline Author:Francois Rabelais
“Free from public debt, at peace with all the world, and with no complicated interests to consult in our intercourse with foreign powers, the present may be hailed as the epoch in our history the most favorable for the settlement of those principles in our domestic policy which shall be best calculated to give stability to our Republic and secure the blessings of freedom to our citizens.” WorldGivingMayInterestPrinciplesPolicyCitizensBlessingComplicatedDebtSecureRepublicStabilityIntercourseSettlementEpochNational DebtDomestic Policy Book:Messages ...: With a Short Sketch of His Life Source: Messages ...: With a Short Sketch of His Life
“Lastly, our ancestors established their system of government on morality and religious sentiment. Moral habits, they believed, cannot safely be trusted on any other foundation than religious principle, nor any government be secure which is not supported by moral habits.... Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.” MenGovernmentChristianReligiousMoralPrinciplesHabitCitizensMoralityFoundationSecureSentimentsAncestorTrustedGood ChristianGood CitizenMoral PrinciplesFounding AmericaSystems Of Government Book:The Great Orations and Senatorial Speech of Daniel Webster Source: The Great Orations and Senatorial Speech of Daniel Webster
“... The popular attitude toward the administration of justice should be one of respect and confidence. Bureaucratic, purely official justice, can never receive such confidence. The one way to secure it is to give the citizen-body itself a share in the administration of justice. And that is what jury-trial does.” WayGivingShouldDoeBodyJusticeAttitudeShareCitizensTrialsSecureOne WayAdministrationOfficialsJuryTrial By JuryAdministration Of Justice Author:John Henry Wigmore