“ The job facing American voters… in the days and years to come is to determine which hearts, minds and souls command those qualities best suited to unify a country rather than further divide it, to hea… Aberjhani
“ Democracy is not simply a license to indulge individual whims and proclivities. It is also holding oneself accountable to some reasonable degree for the conditions of peace and chaos that impact the l… Aberjhani
“ Paying tax should be framed as a glorious civic duty worthy of gratitude - not a punishment for making money. Alain de Botton
“ To me, history ought to be a source of pleasure. It isn't just part of our civic responsibility. To me, it's an enlargement of the experience of being alive, just the way literature or art or music is… David McCullough
“ Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country? George Washington
“ Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official. Theodore Roosevelt
“ The state is a voluntary association of individuals designed to serve their individual interests. The state is not a faceless villain. The state is all of us. But freedom does not mean the freedom to… Robert Peate
“ Civic duty? Perhaps it would be a little naive to try to coerce me into voting. I assure you my basic standards of healthy living are very different from yours, which is the reason I do not vote. You… Criss Jami
“ It was no accident that the beau ideal of his (John Adams') political philosophy was balance, since he projected onto the world the conflicting passions he felt inside himself and regarded government… Joseph J. Ellis
“ Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic… Theodore Roosevelt
“ The generation of American men who fought the Second World War were too struck by the scale of the effort – and the stakes of the effort – to see the war as a stage for their own personal heroism. Mos… Jeremy Rabkin
“ Discourse and critical thinking are essential tools when it comes to securing progress in a democratic society. But in the end, unity and engaged participation are what make it happen. Aberjhani
“ To me, history ought to be a source of pleasure. It isn't just part of our civic responsibility. To me, it's an enlargement of the experience of being alive, just the way literature or art or musi David McCullough
“ It can be difficult to speak truth to power. Circumstances, however, have made doing so increasingly necessary. Aberjhani