Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

I think I was brought up with an innate sense of responsibility because my dad was in the Foreign Office where you were in somebody else's country, and you were aware of your behaviour. And my mum worked for the NHS, so you were aware of your responsibility to your country.

We have seen more than once that the public welfare may call upon the best citizens for their lives.

Since 9/11, there has been a huge leap in people wanting to get personally involved in public service and international affairs.

It is crucial that we develop real awareness of ourselves as citizens of Earth, linked by mutual and indissoluble bonds. When we clearly recognize this reality and ground ourselves in it, we are compelled to take a strict accounting of our way of life.

In kindergarten, you can learn how to be a citizen of the world.

I am confident that I can serve my country without being involved as the president of the country now.

Citizenship consists in the service of the country.

It taught me that Clinton's instinct to make this about your life as a citizen, rather than his as a human being, was the right answer to these things.

Every good citizen adds to the strength of a nation.

I'm in a privileged position and I'm going to do my utmost to use that privileged position on behalf of the U.K., its citizens, its businesses and people.

I think my kids are pretty well-rounded citizens of the world.

The statesman's duty is to bridge the gap between his nation's experience and his vision.

I authored the Universal National Service Act because I believe that everyone in America should contribute to the greater good of America.

I wanted to be a citizen of the world but not in a superficial way.

A public official must feel that he is a servant of the people. This is true of all public officials but perhaps in a special sense true of the Secretary of State, for our party lines stop at the water’s edge.

In the great fulfillment, we must have a citizenship less concerned about what the government can do for it, and more anxious about what it can do for the nation.

If we are going to live in a world ruled by true democracy, then it is essential that every human being receives the kind of education that will best develop his faculties. In addition, each and every one of us must become conscious of the fact that we have an obligation to think for ourselves so that we may function as citizens.

I believe all of us want to do good for our country.

I've always felt like in a democracy - this is how I was raised - that as a citizen, it's your duty to work hard for the agenda of the country.

I think progressives understand that we are Americans at the same time as we are global citizens. We are interested first and foremost in creating peace and prosperity here at home, but we aren't blind to the fact that injustice anywhere in the world is meaningful, important, and worth thinking about.

One should do what is good for the country.

The role of citizens, of Christianity, of humanity, is to take care of each other, not for Washington to steal from those in the country and give to others in the country.

For A to sit down and think, What shall I do? is commonplace; but to think what B ought to do is interesting, romantic, moral, self-flattering, and public-spirited all at once. It satisfies a great number of human weaknesses at once. To go on and plan what a whole class of people ought to do is to feel one's self a power on earth, to win a public position, to clothe one's self in dignity. Hence we have an unlimited supply of reformers, philanthropists, humanitarians, and would-be managers-in-general of society.

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.

People in every nation enhance the social dimension of their lives by acting as committed and responsible citizens.