David Farr Quotes

As a writer I care about America, and care about its carelessness.

The nation... doesn't simply need what we have. It needs what we are.

There is such a thing as a national conscience, and it can be touched.

The spirit of America has nurtured responsibility and community unlike any other country.

I am a citizen of the world, and also a citizen of Ukraine.

I think it is the responsibility of a citizen of any country to say what he thinks.

Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred.

… keeper of the national conscience

Canadians are known for having a social conscience, and so our political leaders need to do more to uphold that reputation on the international stage.

I'm not one to go down that road to say I have some kind of social consciousness.

That's part of being a real citizen: always questioning your leadership, not only about what it is doing in your own country, but what it is doing elsewhere. Because it is connected.

The business of education has lay[ed] the foundations for nurseries of wise and good men, to adapt our modes of teaching to the peculiar form of our government . . . . He must be taught to love his fellow creatures in every part of the world, but he must cherish with a more intense and peculiar affection the citizens of Pennsylvania and of the United States.

America is great, because America is good. And it really is up to all of us to make that true, now and in the future, and particularly for our children and our grandchildren.

The greatest thing that we can do for the world is be America.

I never get bored talking about themes dealing with ambition, leadership and what it means to be an American. I love that stuff. I just love it. I've loved it ever since I was on 'The West Wing.'

There is no patriotic obligation to help advance the career of a politician who is otherwise pursuing interests that are fundamentally antithetical to your values. That's not the call of patriotism.

We strain to tell Americans and aliens in this country that there's nothing unique about America, nothing unique about American civilization, nothing that requires their allegiance, nothing of great value that they should sacrifice for.

Scotland is my country, the nation that shaped me, that taught me my values. A nation whose achievements inspired and inspire me, a community whose failings drive me - drive my overwhelming desire to fight for social justice and equality.

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

I am a patriot. I would think there are no politicians who are not patriots. Since I am a politician, I often get criticized as I try to exercise what I believe to be right. However, if you mind such criticism, I think you can't protect people's lives.

Individuals and nations owe it to themselves and the world to become informed.

My hope is that I can somehow raise the level of consciousness about world events.

We should care about what is going on in the world.

Society has always to demand a little more from human beings than it will get in practice.

We artists have the dignity to tell the truth to the people, unlike politicians.