Civic Duty Quotes

"Ask not what your country can do for you ask what you can do for your country" "There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship." "Our future cannot depend on the government alone. The ultimate solutions lie in the attitudes and the actions of the American people." "The good of the people is the chief law" "If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought." "Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other's welfare, social justice can never be attained." "Governance is about fulfilling the people's needs" "The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government." "Once you don't vote your ideology, votes don't really count" "Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it." "The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all" "If you don't turn on to politics, politics will turn on you" "The safety of the people shall be the highest law" "Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives." "We have the Bill of Rights. What we need is a Bill of Responsibilities" "A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works" "I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few public officials" "It is the duty of every man to render to the country the services he is competent to perform" "Now government is necessary for our mutual survival deception and lies our devastating hope" "Never lose faith in America. Its faults are yours to fix, not to curse."