#zen

We have a responsibility as a state to protect our most vulnerable citizens: our children, seniors, people with disabilities. That is our moral obligation. But there is an economic justification too - we all pay when the basic needs of our citizens are unmet. ↗

— John Lynch

#basic needs #children #citizens #disabilities #economic

I'm glad I don't have to explain to a man from Mars why each day I set fire to dozens of little pieces of paper, and then put them in my mouth. ↗

— Mignon McLaughlin

#dozens #each #explain #fire #glad

After I became a citizen, I felt freer to say what I thought about this country, both negative and positive. I think I had been, consciously and subconsciously, biting my tongue in the past. ↗

— Robert MacNeil

#after #became #been #biting #both

Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status. ↗

— David Mamet

#been #cherish #citizens #death #groups

Every citizen in every country in the world now grows up in two nations. Their own and Hollywood. ↗

— Nick Mancuso

#country #every #grows #hollywood #nations

Even institutions of State, such as the judiciary, were seriously weakened, to the extent that the citizenry justifiably feared a breakdown in law and order. The business community was hit by a slump in sales and confidence, leading to reduced earnings and loss of jobs. ↗

— Kamisese Mara

#business #business community #citizenry #community #confidence

I call architecture frozen music. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#call #frozen #i #music

What, other than injustice, could be the reason that the displaced citizens of New Orleans cannot be accommodated by the richest nation in the world? ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#cannot #citizens #could #displaced #injustice

A woman is a citizen who works for Mexico. We must not treat her differently from a man, except to honor her more. ↗

— Adolfo Lopez Mateos

#differently #except #her #honor #man

The president felt that it was important to send an ordinary citizen to experience the excitement of space travel as a representative for all Americans. ↗

— Christa McAuliffe

#citizen #excitement #experience #felt #important