Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes

I have never had a problem with national service. I am not sure the draft is the way to go about it, but I am positive that you live in a society and you take from this society, which every citizen here does. You owe something back to this country, and that should be paid back in some form of national service.

The government has the right to the military service of all its able-bodied citizens.

It is a fundamental principle of democracy that citizens obey the law or incur whatever penalty applies to its breaking.

I'm just a citizen temporarily in public service.

The spirit of the age is: Ask not what your country can do for you, demand it.

Rights of true citizenship accrue only to those who serve the State to which they belong.

Our constitutional democracy demands our participation, not just every four years, but all the time.

As in the days of Edward I, the citizenry may be called upon to enforce the justice of the state, not faintly and with lagging steps but honestly and bravely and with whatever implements and facilities are convenient and at hand.

It is important to ask ourselves, as citizens, whether a world power can provide global leadership on the basis of fear and anxiety.

Israel has the right to demand full allegiance from all its citizens.

I pinch myself because of the understanding that I've been blessed with a real rare opportunity that few Americans ever get - to serve their government and their people at this level.

Our duty as concerned citizens is to educate ourselves so that we can recognize and report trafficking to the proper authorities.

I would love to be a public servant to this great state, and I would like to leave everything on the field. Give 110 percent to the state, and we'll see where it takes me.

I am proud of the work we have accomplished for the citizens of Northeast Florida and our nation during my time in Congress.

Since 1998, I have served my country as a member of four cabinets and as the leader of the parliamentary opposition.

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.

If enough Americans determine I could do a better job in public office, and Mrs. Nugent and my beloved family agree, there is no limit what I am willing to do for my country.

Justice is a commodity which in a more or less adulterated condition the State sells to the citizen as a reward for his allegiance, taxes and personal service.

No man has the right to say to his country

I can assure you that my first and foremost interest is my country. This is not a personal matter. We are not people driven by a wish to be in the government since [it] is for us the least attractive work, even though we are politicians.

There is a long and honorable tradition of citizens in service to their nation that goes back at least as far as Cincinnatus, the Roman citizen who, more than once answered his country's call, then returned to his farm and his family and his work.

Do you work for the government, any government?” "I pay taxes, which means I work for the government, part of the time. Yes.

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

At our coming into the world we contract an immense debt to our country, which we can never discharge.

A king is the first servant and first magistrate of the state.