Benigno Aquino III Quotes

How could I remain a spectator while Singapore faces such complex challenges? How could I not step forward when I know I have more to contribute to the country we all worked to build?

Citizenship consists in the service of the country.

National service is America at its best.

You must come forth to any Publick Service, whereof you may be capable, when you are called unto it.

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.

I want to serve my country, but not necessarily in the political arena.

I'm not a believer in bringing back the draft. But I am a huge proponent of national service.

Elective office is one of many ways to serve the community and the country. It's one that I would consider at some point.

This is a great country and requires a good deal of all of us, so I can imagine nothing more important than for all of you to continue to work in public affairs and be interested in them, not only to bring up a family, but also give part of your time to your community, your state, and your country.

If the undocumented have to work hard to attain citizenship, those of us who already are citizens should have to work hard to sustain it. We should all have to serve more, vote more, build more, and do more for our country.

The most important political office is that of the private citizen.

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

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

I was raised to believe that we all have a civic duty and a responsibility as Americans to improve our neighborhoods and our nation.

I'm extremely proud of my family's record of public service to Massachusetts and the nation.

We should all spend some time of our life doing service to our country. To me, I would give up a couple of years.

I think I've been a great citizen.

I hope there have been times when I made you all proud, or made you all smile or at least piqued your interest in this wonderful institution we call government.

If they had taught a class on how to be the kind of citizen Dick Cheney worries about, I would have finished high school.

We thought I was going to be a great athlete, and we were wrong, and I thought I was going to be a great entertainer, and that wasn't it either. I'm going to be an American Citizen. First class.

Like a lot of people, I'm interested in public service and want to do as much as I can to change the direction of this country and will give some consideration to that after midterm elections.

They need to be re-supplied with energy, and that energy comes from asking not what your country can do for you, but from what you can do for your country.

There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship.

I wanted to be what my high-school civics and history teacher thought of as a good American. That automatically involved taking an interest in government.

I think serving your government is the greatest thing in the world.