Here, we’ve compiled a list of the best Good Citizens Quotes from famous authors such as James Otis, John C. Bogle, Bill Gates, Jesse White, Ray Stannard Baker. Let’s look at these pieces of wisdom. We definitely have something to learn from them!
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These manly sentiments, in private life, make good citizens; in public life, the patriot and the hero.
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My grandfather was a wealthy and respected merchant in Montclair, New Jersey, where I was born. But his estate was wiped out in the Great Depression, and as a result, I had what I consider the ideal upbringing: We were a proud family, good citizens, and we didn’t have a sou.
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Americans want students to get the best education possible. We want schools to prepare children to become good citizens and members of a prosperous American economy.
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I don’t just work with these kids to make them good tumblers or good dancers. I’m working with them to make them good citizens – to become taxpayers, not tax-eaters. I teach them to say please and thank you. I show them how to use a knife and fork and how to fold a napkin.
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A mob is the method by which good citizens turn over the law and the government to the criminal or irresponsible classes.
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I believe we have a responsibility, even if our job is to lead a nonprofit organization, as private citizens to be good citizens and to make our voices heard.
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Ants are good citizens, they place group interests first.
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We need to become good citizens in the global village, instead of competing. What are we competing for – to drive more cars, eat more steaks? That will destroy the world.
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I have the view that if I am no longer a president, I am determined to become a sage in the sense that I will get closer to God, take care of the children so they can become good citizens, advise people, and guide the government from behind by using whatever I have to assist the country.
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Police and firefighters are great, but they don’t create wealth. They protect it. That’s crucial. Teaching is a wonderful profession. Teachers help educate people to become good citizens so that citizens can then go create wealth. But they don’t create the wealth themselves.
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You have to understand, the Blazers and their fans had a unique relationship. I’m not sure there has ever been a love affair between an NBA team and its fan base like we had… We had good players and good citizens.
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Good citizens deserve the means to defend themselves.
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If you introduce kids to fishing, they become good citizens.
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Bad officials are the ones elected by good citizens who do not vote.
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Before 2000, everything was about being contextual, and buildings were supposed to be good citizens.
