Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.
John F. KennedyTag: politics civic-duty civic-responsibility inaugural-address
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A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
Theodore RooseveltTag: civic-duty democracy elections voters
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To me, history ought to be a source of pleasure. It isn't just part of our civic responsibility. To me, it's an enlargement of the experience of being alive, just the way literature or art or music is."
[The Title Always Comes Last; NEH 2003 Jefferson Lecturer interview profile]
Tag: life civic-duty civic-responsibility history humanity mankind responsibility
Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.
Adlai E. Stevenson IITag: civic-duty patriotic
Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country. In either event, it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else.
Theodore RooseveltTag: civic-duty patriotism dissent truth-telling
Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?
George WashingtonTag: politics civic-duty
Let every man shovel out his own snow, and the whole city will be passable," said Gamache. Seeing Beauvoir's puzzled expression he added, "Emerson."
"Lake and Palmer?"
"Ralph and Waldo.
Tag: civic-duty misattributed funny snow ralph-waldo-emerson neighborliness
The job facing American voters… in the days and years to come is to determine which hearts, minds and souls command those qualities best suited to unify a country rather than further divide it, to heal the wounds of a nation as opposed to aggravate its injuries, and to secure for the next generation a legacy of choices based on informed awareness rather than one of reactions based on unknowing fear.
AberjhaniTag: fear politics civic-duty patriotism courage hope political-philosophy voting americans the-future choosing barack-obama xenophobia legacies famous-quotes gun-violence police-reform police-shootings social-responsibility options republican-national-convention quotes-by-aberjhani savannah-author-aberjhani democratic-national-convention making-choices mitt-romney political-advocacy political-awareness political-responsibility presidential-election presidential-election-campaign social-awareness vision-of-america
Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official.
Theodore RooseveltTag: civic-duty patriotism dissent protest patriots
Paying tax should be framed as a glorious civic duty worthy of gratitude - not a punishment for making money.
Alain de BottonTag: money civic-duty wealth gratitude taxes
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