Civic Obligations Quotes

There is a general rule, which includes all the duties of a sovereign, and by which he may easily judge how to proceed under every circumstance. Let the safety of the people be the supreme law.

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.

Nations begin to dig their own graves when men talk more of human rights and less of human duties.

Along with voting, jury duty, and paying taxes, goofing off is one of the central obligations of American citizenship.

You are a citizen, and citizenship carries responsibilities.

No Georgian has the right to evade or neglect his duties and responsibilities.

Our society is obsessed with personal rights, but it will survive only if we adopt personal obligations.

In becoming a citizen, one undertakes certain duties and responsibilities. One of the more intangible of those duties and responsibilities is no matter what one's birth and background, to accept the historical past of the new country as one's own.

Since the days of Greece and Rome, when the word 'citizen' was a title of honor, we have often seen more emphasis put on the rights of citizenship than on its responsibilities.

The bringing-about of order is the first and fundamental task of government. We accept limits on our rights for the sake of a larger social compact all the time.

We must look to an open, tolerant, inclusive England, which embraces the values of a Britain that still leads the world in terms of an open democracy, as well as an understanding of the needs for responsibilities and obligations to run alongside the affirmation of individual rights.

The modern state no longer has anything but rights; it does not recognize duties any more.

Within each country’s borders, different view exist of the obligations of individual citizens to one another, of provinces and cities to their neighbors, of the large and the small entities to the polity—corporations, churches, and other institutions—to society as a whole.

Freedom of religious belief is granted within limits not prejudicial to peace and order, and not antagonistic to their duties as subjects

I think citizenship should count for something... and it really counts for nothing.