“As for cages themselves, an ordinary citizen who kept dogs in similar conditions for their entire lives would risk prosecution for cruelty. A pig producer who keeps an animal of comparable intelligence in this manner, however, is more likely to be rewarded with a tax concession or, in some countries, a direct government subsidy.” CountryGovernmentAnimalRiskConditionsDogCitizensTaxesOrdinaryDirectCrueltyProducersLiberationPigsCagesConcessionsSubsidiesAnimal LiberationProsecutionOrdinary Citizens Book:Animal liberation: a new ethics for our treatment of animals Source: Animal liberation: a new ethics for our treatment of animals
“We're not going to deputize a whole bunch of American citizens to start grabbing people or turning them in, in part because the ordinary American citizen may not know whether or not this person is illegal or not. But, you know, the notion that we're going to criminalize priests, for example, or doctors who are providing services to individuals, and throw them in jail for doing what their calling asks them to do, which is to provide help and service to people in need, I think that is a mistake. I think that's out of America's character.” PeopleThinkingKnowsNeedsMayPersonsWholeCharacterHelpingAmericaAsksIndividualMistakeExampleCitizensCallingOrdinaryDoctorsNotionImmigrationBunchPriestsIllegalJailProvidingDoctor WhoAmerican CitizensGrabbing Author:Barack Obama
“If I have any regrets, I could say that I'm sorry I wasn't a better writer or a better singer...When I was younger, I felt it was my duty to wake people up. I thought poetry was asleep. I thought rock 'n' roll was asleep...An artist may have burdens the ordinary citizen doesn't know, but the ordinary citizen has burdens that many artists never even touch.” PeopleIfsKnowsMayArtistFeltRocksRegretDutyCitizensOrdinarySorryBurdenSingersSongwritingRock N RollI'm SorryOrdinary Citizens Author:Patti Smith
“In a word, removing control farther away from the ordinary citizen and taxpayer is tantamount to giving the intelligent, far-sighted and public spirited elements in society a longer lever to work with.” GivingDemocracyCitizensElementsOrdinaryIntelligentTaxpayersSpiritedLeversOrdinary Citizens Author:Edward Alsworth Ross
“I am afraid the ordinary citizen will not like to be told that the banks can, and do, create money...And they who control the credit of the nation direct the policy of Governments and hold in the hollow of their hands the destiny of the people.” PeopleHandsGovernmentNationsDestinyPolicyCitizensOrdinaryDirectJewCreditHollowBankersMonetary SystemBankers And BanksOrdinary CitizensBanks And Money Author:Reginald McKenna