#zen

I am afraid that the ordinary citizen will not like to be told that the banks can and do create and destroy money. And they who control the credit of a nation direct the policy of governments, and hold in the hollow of their hands the destiny of the people. ↗

— Richard McKenna

#am #banks #citizen #control #create

They were a group of two dozen nurses completely surrounded by 100,000 unattached American men. ↗

— James A. Michener

#american men #completely #dozen #group #men

A half dozen pictures would just about be enough for the life of an artist, for my life. ↗

— Giorgio Morandi

#artist #dozen #enough #half #just

Citizen participation is a device whereby public officials induce nonpublic individuals to act in a way the officials desire. ↗

— Daniel Patrick Moynihan

#citizen #desire #device #individuals #induce

What I'd love to do is work with kids in the U.S. to raise their awareness and encourage them to be global citizens. We're all connected these days; we can listen to the same music as kids all around the world and share our ideas. ↗

— Jason Mraz

#awareness #citizens #connected #days #encourage

I'm still a proud Irishman, of course, but I've become an American citizen. I'm very, very proud of that. ↗

— Liam Neeson

#american citizen #become #citizen #course #i

Who we are now is all that really matters. ↗

— Amy Joy

#philosophy #zen #inspirational

What we have ignored is what citizens can do and the importance of real involvement of the people involved - versus just having somebody in Washington make a rule. ↗

— Elinor Ostrom

#having #ignored #importance #involved #involvement

I'm tired of being treated like a second-class citizen. ↗

— Rosa Parks

#citizen #i #like #second-class #tired

The fact is that Iran doesn't want to see the Taliban come back any more than do most Afghan citizens. ↗

— David Petraeus

#any #back #citizens #come #fact