"Of all the treasures a state can possess, the human lives of its citizens are for us the most precious."
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"The truthfulness of materials of constructions, concrete, bricks and stone, shall be maintained in all buildings constructed or to be constructed. The seed of Chandigarh is well sown. It is for the citizens to see that the tree flourishes."
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"The days of humiliation, of second-class citizens and of inequality are over and gone forever."
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"I'm not a politician by profession. I am a citizen who decided I had to be personally involved."
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"It bodes very ill for government when men are exalted to places of high trust through their own solicitations. He only fills a place with dignity who is invited to it by his fellow citizens from the experience they have had of his adequate abilities."
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"There is nothing but a lack of social vision to prevent us from paying an adequate wage to every American citizen whether he be a hospital worker, laundry worker, maid or day laborer"
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"The Constitution was not written to restrain the citizen's behavior, it was writtne to restrain the government's behavior."
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"...in respect of riches, no citizen shall ever be wealthy enough to buy another, and none poor enough to be forced to sell himself."
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"I am often asked what can people do to become a good global citizen? I reply that it begins in your own community."
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"Human society is made up of partialities. Each citizen has an interest and a view of his own, which, if followed out to the extreme, would leave no room for any other citizen."
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"... the Athenian lawmaker Solon decreed it a crime for any citizen to shrink from controversy."
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"Among American citizens, there should be no forgotten men and no forgotten races."
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"Political action is the highest responsibility of a citizen."
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"We need to radically and intelligently reduce human populations to fewer than one billion. We need to eliminate nationalism and tribalism and become Earthlings. And as Earthlings, we need to recognize that all the other species that live on this planet are also fellow citizens and also Earthlings. This is a planet of incredible diversity of life-forms; it is not a planet of one species as many of us believe."
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"Industrial societies turn their citizens into image-junkies; it is the most irresistible form of mental pollution. Poignant longings for beauty, for an end to probing below the surface, for a redemption and celebration of the body of the world. Ultimately, having an experience becomes identical with taking a photograph of it."
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"I am an American citizen and feel I am entitled to the same rights as any other citizen."
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"I'm a relatively respectable citizen. Multiple felon perhaps, but certainly not dangerous."
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"Frequently consider the connection of all things in the universe. .. We should not say 'I am an Athenian' or 'I am a Roman' but 'I am a citizen of the Universe."
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"A merchant, it has been said very properly, is not necessarily the citizen of any particular country."
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"Of course, Ankh-Morpork's citizens had always claimed that the river water was incredibly pure. Any water that had passed through so many kidneys, they reasoned, had to be very pure indeed."
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