Jeff Sessions Quotes

Ask not what you can do for your country; ask what your government is doing to you.

Possession by an American citizen of the rights and privileges that constitute citizenship imposes correlative obligations, of which the most indispensable may well be "to take his place in the ranks of the army of his country and risk the chance of being shot down in its defense.

It is the obligation of every government to yield protection to their citizens as the consideration for their obedience

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

It is one thing to tell the citizens of some faraway country to go to hell, but it is another to do the same to your own citizens, who are supposedly your ultimate sovereigns.

That's why I'm very proud of being American. I'm proud to pay taxes. I pay a lot of taxes, but it sure beats the alternative.

Every friend to the liberty of his country is bound to reflect, and step forward to prevent the dreadful consequences which shall result from a government of events.

Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. People have the right to expect that these wants will be provided for by this wisdom.

We have the Bill of Rights. What we need is a Bill of Responsibilities.

Government health care changes the relationship between the citizen and the state, and, in fact, I think it's an assault on citizenship.

Though the people support the government, the government should not support the people.

Defending one’s state against external aggression is indeed the ultimate test of citizenship.

The primary duty of a citizen is loyalty to country…. It is exhibited by an absolute and unreserved obedience to his country’s call.

Free citizens have two distinct sets of civil liberties. As the makers of the laws, they have duties and responsibilities which require an absolute freedom. As the subjects of the laws, they have possessions and rights, to which belongs a relative freedom.

It must be laid down as a primary position and the basis of our system, that every citizen who enjoys the protection of free government, owes not only a portion of his property, but even of his service to the defense of it.

An actual residence of such a length of time as would give a man an opportunity of esteeming the Government from knowing its intrinsic value, was essentially necessary to assure us of a man’s becoming a good citizen.

… nearly universal is a never-ending effort to balance the rights of individuals with the needs that, in the modern world, it seems only government can meet.

No one can be a good citizen unless he fulfills those domestic duties which are incumbent on his social station and unless he honors all his obligations to society.

After military service, the most patriotic thing you can do as a wealthy person is pay your taxes.

The state has a duty to protect all its citizens.

Donald Trump has a very radical idea, and that's that when we make changes to our immigration laws, the group we should be most concerned about are everyday, hardworking Americans, the citizens who make this country run, who obey the laws, follow the rules, pay their taxes, show up and vote - the people who are loyal to this country.

In addition to protecting the rights of every citizen of our country, our Constitution makes the citizens of the country mindful of their duties.

The life of a citizen is the property of his country.

I am not the President. Instead, I hold an even higher office, that of citizen of the United States.

The fundamental purpose of government is to protect its citizens.