Chris Christie Quotes

I am often asked what can people do to become a good global citizen? I reply that it begins in your own community.

Find your place on the planet. Dig in, and take responsibility from there.

The last thing we need is to turn in on ourselves rather than face us up to what we have to do in the world.

It is time in the West to defend not so much human rights as human obligations.

We lost our minds in the '80s and '90s; we really as a society just felt that everyone could only care about themselves. There was no responsibility to discuss what's going on in your town, your state, your nation. And it was a blast, it was really fun, but it doesn't work.

I believe I have a personal responsibility to make a positive impact on society.

As a citizen of a community, if you never vote or engage, don't be surprised when the outcome doesn't serve your interests; you've never done anything to push things in the right direction.

A man is a better citizen of the United States for being also a loyal citizen of his state and of his city; for being loyal to his family and to his profession or trade; for being loyal to his college or his lodge.

I'm saying that you can create success for yourself but also understand that you have a responsibility to others.

The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight.

Being involved in the well-being and advancement of one's own community is a most natural thing to do.

Let us all take more responsibility, not only for ourselves and our families but for our communities and our country.

For every effort we make to assist someone beyond our own borders, we take something away from our own

My life has told me that I do owe another human being. I owe him part of my life. That's why I'm in politics.

The most important office, ... that of private citizen.

It is time to break the bad habit of expecting something for nothing from our Government or from each other. Let us all take more responsibility not only for ourselves and our families but our communities and our country.

Where is the man who owes nothing to the land in which he lives?

You cannot just exercise your rights and get away without performing your responsibilities. Understand that it should not be about 'me' but rather 'us.'

Everyone has to have a sense of duty. A duty to society, to their family. I mean, you name it.

Everyone has to do their part, too. No one is disconnected. And everyone has to improve their skills, take care of their own health to the extent they can and contribute their time and talents to the community and country.

Every time I attend a We Day event, I learn something new, and I always feel way more perspective not just for the world I live in, but also the world that's happening around me.

If you sit back and simply allow your country to be, it is highly unlikely to be the kind of country you want. You have to be active.

America always pivots between collective responsibility and the idea that the individual can pull himself up by his bootstraps.

Activism isn't something you just kind of get involved in and then turn your back on it.

The United States should stop being the 'empire' and be concerned about other countries. You've got to be more worried about your own people.