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And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country. — John F. Kennedy · 1961The privileges of American citizenship are so great and its duties so grave that we may well insist upon a good knowledge of every person applying for citizenship and a good knowledge by him of our institutions. We should not cease to be hospitable to immigration, but we should cease to be careless as to the character of it. — Benjamin Harrison · 1889In our own lives, let each of us ask—not just what will government do for me, but what can I do for myself? In the challenges we face together, let each of us ask—not just how can government help, but how can I help? — Richard Nixon · 1973Every citizen owes to the country a vigilant watch and close scrutiny of its public servants and a fair and reasonable estimate of their fidelity and usefulness. — Grover Cleveland · 1885Autobiography and memoir1 quote
To abstain from politics is in itself a political attitude. — Simone de Beauvoir · 1960Courtroom drama1 quote
What kind of a man are you? You have sat here and voted "guilty" with everyone else because there are some baseball tickets burning a hole in your pocket? — Juror #11 · 1957Courtroom drama (film)1 quote
What kind of a man are you? You have sat here and voted "guilty" with everyone else because there are some baseball tickets burning a hole in your pocket? — Juror #11 · 1957Drama1 quote
What kind of a man are you? You have sat here and voted "guilty" with everyone else because there are some baseball tickets burning a hole in your pocket? — Juror #11 · 1957Drama (film)1 quote
What kind of a man are you? You have sat here and voted "guilty" with everyone else because there are some baseball tickets burning a hole in your pocket? — Juror #11 · 1957Political literature1 quote
Always vote. — Walt Whitman · 1871