Mark Twain Quotes

I have seen in the Halls of Congress more idealism, more humanness, more compassion, more profiles of courage than in any other institution that I have ever known.

I have seen in the Halls of Congress more idealism, more humaneness, more compassion, more profiles of courage than in any other institution that I have ever known.

… schools of liberty …. warehouses of disinterested patriotism

Every good citizen adds to the strength of a nation.

I authored the Universal National Service Act because I believe that everyone in America should contribute to the greater good of America.

Let us all take more responsibility, not only for ourselves and our families but for our communities and our country.

The citizens of America are her monarchs. No country deserves so well of its people, and none is so dependent upon them.

The best citizens were supposed to desire honest men in office, men who would not take bribes, men who would appoint high-minded men as their subordinates, men who would look after the public interest, see that public charities were well supported.

United States could be a great country. It needs to be a great country. It's our responsibility as citizens to make that happen, every single one of us.

Our culture is at a critical cusp - a time that requires that we define what it means to be a citizen in a democracy. Within our nation we need to foster a greater sense of collective responsibility.

How could I remain a spectator while Singapore faces such complex challenges? How could I not step forward when I know I have more to contribute to the country we all worked to build?

Speaking as a Democrat, all my life battling for what I conceived to be Democracy, and what I conceived to be right, I am yet an American above Democracy.

Let's put aside the politics and trust the people. Let's embrace the unique opportunity we all have; take the heat and make the hard and difficult decisions, knowing that we're doing it to make things better for the people of Illinois.

The government is us; we are the government, you and I.

I've always had this core belief in public service. Even before I became a citizen, I volunteered in the Army.

I am not in politics to make more money.

There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship.

Robert Kennedy was such an inspiring figure. His interest in politics seemed to come not from a desire for power, but from a need to help our society live up to its ideals.

I have always that there ought to be some kind of mandatory national service, not necessarily in the military but to show everybody that freedom isn't free, that everybody has an obligation to the nation as a community.

A constitutional democracy is in serious trouble if its citizenry does not have a certain degree of education and civic virtue.

The most important office, ... that of private citizen.

Clergymen do well to preach the neglected doctrine that the first duty of a citizen is to consider what he can do for the state and not what the state will do for him.

The members of the Church, as members of society, have the same right and duty to promote the common good as do other citizens.

The administration of government, like a guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those who confer, not to those who receive the trust.

Government is a progressive instrument for the common good.