Citizenry Quotes

“When the three branches of government have failed to represent the citizenry and the mass of the media has failed to represent the citizenry, then the citizenry better represent the citizenry.”

“The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.”

“The percentage of the citizenry that embrace and identify with the nation’s virtues, with the nation’s value system, determine the true wealth of that nation”

“When justice is prioritized by any leader at any level then to give justice to the citizenry will always be at the back of the mind of such a leader.”

“Sometimes a citizenry should not simply "be good". You have to leave space for dissent, real dissent.”

“A constitutional democracy is in serious trouble if its citizenry does not have a certain degree of education and civic virtue.”

“Politics is about the participation and engagement of the wider citizenry - to miss that point would doom us to irrelevance.”

“Government can contribute to a shared sense of purpose on the part of the citizenry that's its highest and best application. ”

“An oligarchy does not require a good and moral citizenry but a Constitutional Republic does. If we lose our moral compass, we lose our country.”

“The nice thing about anger is that, as an emotion, it's strong enough to unplug me from the comedian's mind for a minute and just be a frustrated member of the citizenry.”