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"Mexico has relied on television for decades to keep the citizens misinformed and in a constant state of stupor. I mean we live in a time where democracy is almost synonymous with oligarchy."
"Whether D.C. residents will be full-fledged citizens seems to be a case worthy of the Supreme Court."
"But now behold, In the quick forge and working-house of thought, How London doth pour out her citizens!"
"The breaking of so great a thing should make A greater crack: the round world Should have shook lions into civil streets, And citizens to their dens."
"The reservist is twice the citizen."
"Dear citizen, if you were my love, I'd stole your money!' Admin if you were my love, I would ask you for divorce and spousal support!"
"You make a film and always hope you're going make "Citizen Kane" or "The Bicycle Thief." You make the film, and for one reason or another, one clicks and one doesn't, but it's out of your control completely."
"In my opinion, theater shouldn't give advice to citizens."
"When a person tries to act in accordance with his conscience, when he tries to speak the truth, when he tries to behave like a citizen, even in conditions where citizenship is degraded, it won't necessarily lead anywhere, but it might. There's one thing, however, that will never lead anywhere, and that is speculating that such behavior will lead somewhere."
"Barack Obama is president of a superpower and I'm a citizen of a small state."
"There is a genius of a nation, which is not to be found in the numerical citizens, but which characterizes the society."
"Let ideas establish their legitimate sway again in society, let life be fair and poetic, and the scholars will gladly be lovers, citizens, and philanthropists."
"The 'person' is not an interchangeable part. The 'citizen' is. ... The person is harking back to a pre-print model. It's what the hippies were."
"I have adopted the Roman sentiment, that it is more honorable to save a citizen than to kill an enemy."
"It only says 'Leave' if you have no identification with yourself as a citizen of this country and you feel you have no obligation to pay your fair share."
"Ah," said Mr Pin. "Right. I remember. You are concerned citizens." He knew about concerned citizens. Wherever they were, they all spoke the same private language, where 'traditional values' meant 'hang someone'."
"I'm an average citizen and always have been."
"The first duty of an American citizen, then, is that he shall work in politics."
"The persons and property of our citizens are entitled to the protection of our government in all places where they may lawfully go."
"It is highly interesting to our country, and it is the duty of its functionaries, to provide that every citizen in it should receive an education proportioned to the condition and pursuits of his life."
