civil duty Quotes

I'm not a politician by profession. I am a citizen who decided I had to be personally involved in order to stand up for my own values and beliefs. My candidacy is based on my record, and for that matter, my entire life.

Every American has the duty to obey the law and the right to expect that the law will be enforced.

I'm always looking for a way to serve the nation, but I don't believe that it will be as vice president and I'm really not seeking it, I'm not requesting it and it won't happen.

Do your duty as an American, and as a citizen of the galaxy... Vote!

It's been a great honor for me to spend my career in public service.

When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen; and we shall most sincerely rejoice with you in the happy hour when the establishment of American Liberty, upon the most firm and solid foundations shall enable us to return to our Private Stations in the bosom of a free, peacefully and happy Country.

I think writers are not only writers, they are also citizens.

I want my kids to grow up to be a useful citizen.

The members of such a society consider that the transgression of a religious ordinance should be punished by civil penalties, and that the violation of a civil duty exposes the delinquent to divine correction.

The highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is bearing arms.

As a president, my job is not to promote a religion, my job is to call people to serve our country.

The word democracy has no meaning. Duty has gone. Only rights remain.

I cannot escape the conscientious discharge of my duty towards a class of American citizens, whose only crime consists of their color.

I maintain that the civil authorities are under obligation to compel the people to send their children to school. ... If the government can compel such citizens as are fit for military service to bear spear and rifle, to mount ramparts, and perform other martial duties in time of war, how much more has it a right to compel the people to send their children to school?

The blessings, under God, our government has secured, make it our imperative duty to sustain it. It is too late to stand still, and discuss the causes of this wicked rebellion. It is a time for deeds and not for words. The monster has already reached his full strength. He stands at the threshold, ready to destroy us—ready to trample in the dust what we hold valuable and sacred. He must be met and disarmed of his power. It is the defense of the Government God gave us—the preservation of the distinguishing blessings he bequeathed us, to be handed down to our children. To keep and transmit them unimpaired is a duty we owe to the generations that will come after us; it is a solemn, religious duty we owe to God. The citizen must become a soldier. Every Christian patriot should be ready to pledge his life and fortune and sacred honor in this holy cause; for what is life without freedom?

I have spent my entire life working to make my community and my country better. And I can't wait to get inside the courtroom to tell my story.

I am a political animal, because for God's sakes I think "We The People" is a job. I think experienced self government demands on all levels - intellectual, moral, historical, and spiritual level. We are supposed to be engaged and give directions to our elected employees.

My business is that of every other good citizen - to uphold the law.

The life of a citizen is the property of his country.

Man cannot be exempted from his divinely-imposed obligations toward civil society, and the representatives of authority have the right to coerce him when he refuses without reason to do his duty. Society, on the other hand, cannot defraud man of his God-granted right... Nor can society systematically void these rights by making their use impossible.

The protection the government owes you and fails to provide, you are morally bound to provide for yourselves.

I don't get paid to serve the president. I get paid to serve the public and what I think is in the interest of justice, no matter who the president is.

They are wrong who think that politics is like an ocean voyage or a military campaign, something to be done with some particular end in view, something which leaves off as soon as that end is reached. It is not a public chore, to be got over with. It is a way of life. It is the life of a domesticated political and social creature who is born with a love for public life, with a desire for honor, with a feeling for his fellows; and it lasts as long as need be.

For most people, political activity is a secondary activity - that is to say, they have something else to do beside attending to these arrangements. But the activity is one which every member of the group who is not a child nor a lunatic has some part and some responsibility.

The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.