civic duty quotes

I vote and I do jury duty.

Politics, according to the Social Doctrine of the Church, is one of the highest forms of charity, because it serves the common good. I cannot wash my hands, eh? We all have to give something!

You’ve got to vote, vote, vote, vote. That’s it; that’s the way we move forward. That’s how we make progress for ourselves and for our country.

The government’s job is good governance for everybody. My government will make policies; if you fit into it, come on board, or stay where you are. My job is not to spoon-feed anyone.

Are you a politician asking what your country can do for you or a zealous one asking what you can do for your country? If you are the first, then you are a parasite; if the second, then you are an oasis in the desert.

The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight.

Children need to get a high-quality education, avoid violence and the criminal-justice system, and gain jobs. But they deserve more. We want them to learn not only reading and math but fairness, caring, self-respect, family commitment, and civic duty.

My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

I don’t vote. I don’t do no voting.

A whole people with the ballot in their hands possess the most conclusive and unlimited power ever entrusted to humanity.

The key is to vote because we need a vote to put the people in power that we want to represent us.

Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.

The ballot is stronger than the bullet.