Citizenry Quotations

America's state religion, is patriotism, a phenomenon which has convinced many of the citizenry that 'treason' is morally worse than murder or rape.

Politics is about the participation and engagement of the wider citizenry - to miss that point would doom us to irrelevance.

I wish I could say this was the governor's effort, but this is your citizenry at work, this is your community at work and it is so great to be your governor during this time,

Jeffersonian principle of (an) informed citizenry being necessary for democracy. It's a window on the operations of government and the performance of government officials.

My vision is to have an advisory board for everything that we as a commission defined as a priority. That way, we will really know that we are representing our citizenry when we implement a new ordinance or make a change. I think that's important.

Today's verdict makes clear that we can prevent acts of terrorism by winning convictions against those who would plot to commit violence against our citizenry in the name of an extremist cause.

We find people are really good law-abiding citizens. Across the country, there's not been this uprising of people violating the law. There will be limited cases of violations, but I think the citizenry will register appropriate complaints.

As I look at my nation, I am generally impressed by the physical courage of its citizenry but distressed by the lack of intellectual or moral courage. I think this is important because most quotes about bravery refer to physical courage. Yet if my nation is to go down the tubes, I suspect it will be more because of a deficit in its intellectual bravery.

There's more to it than really meets the eye. Our area is economically depressed. Our citizenry is becoming young families, low income, and senior citizens, fixed income. Other than Grand View and schools we don't have lots of employers providing good paying jobs.

Sarbanes-Oxley was enacted to protect shareholders of corporations. The citizenry and taxpayers of Denver are the ?shareholders? of our city government, (and) they deserve the same kind of protection.

Sarbanes-Oxley was enacted to protect shareholders of corporations, ... The citizenry and taxpayers of Denver are the ?shareholders? of our city government, (and) they deserve the same kind of protection.

There will be a long-term questioning of the relationship between the citizenry and the Pakistan state.

Access to public information is a check on the government's power. An informed citizenry is one of the cornerstones, of our democracy. Without information about what our government is doing, we can't make assessments about the decisions our government is making.

It's clear price gouging... The oil companies are gouging the American citizenry aggressively, relentlessly, and without any sense of conscience whatsoever.

It's clear price gouging, ... The oil companies are gouging the American citizenry aggressively, relentlessly, and without any sense of conscience whatsoever.

A citizenry that is aware of always being watched quickly becomes a compliant and fearful one.

The word "politics" comes from the Greek politeia which had to do with the citizenry, not the government.

The citizenry has always come to the aid of the military since the revolutionary times. Look, my sergeant major never called me after I got out of the service and asked me how I was doing, if I got a job. I think that is where the need lies.

An informed citizenry is the only true repository of the public will.