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America is the student who defies the odds to become the first in a family to go to college - the citizen who defies the cynics and goes out there and votes - the young person who comes out of the shadows to demand the right to dream. That's what America is about.

~Barack Obama

Topics: About America Become Citizen College Cynics Demand Dream Family First Go Goes Odds Out Person Right Shadows Student Votes Who Young Young Person

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Our brand of democracy is hard. But I can promise that a year from now, when I no longer hold this office, I'll be right there with you as a citizen - inspired by those voices of fairness and vision, of grit and good humor and kindness that have helped America travel so far.

~Barack Obama

Topics: America Brand Citizen Democracy Fairness Far Good Grit Hard Helped Hold Humor Inspired Kindness Longer Now Office Our Promise Right Those Travel Vision Voices Year You I Can

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Every citizen of this country should be guaranteed that their vote matters, that their vote is counted, and that in the voting booth, their vote has a much weight as that of any CEO, any member of Congress, or any President.

~Barbara Boxer

Topics: Any Booth Ceo Citizen Congress Counted Country Every Guaranteed Matters Member Much President Should Vote Voting Weight

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Let each person do his or her part. If one citizen is unwilling to participate, all of us are going to suffer. For the American idea, though it is shared by all of us, is realized in each one of us.

~Barbara Jordan

Topics: American Citizen Each Each One Going Her His Idea Part Participate Person Realized Shared Suffer Though Unwilling Us

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The American system of democracy is founded on the concept that every citizen has the right to vote, to know that their vote is counted, and that the vote is counted accurately.

~Barbara Mikulski

Topics: Accurately American Citizen Concept Counted Democracy Every Founded Know Right System Vote

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No government, no organisation, no citizen can afford to be less than vigilant in combating bigotry, intolerance and hatred. And frankly, our way of life depends on that vigilance.

~Barry O'Farrell

Topics: Afford Citizen Depends Frankly Government Hatred Intolerance Less Life Organisation Our Than Vigilance Vigilant Way

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A national security letter cannot be used to authorize eavesdropping or to read the contents of e-mail. But it does permit investigators to trace revealing paths through the private affairs of a modern digital citizen.

~Barton Gellman

Topics: Affairs Cannot Citizen Contents Digital Does Eavesdropping Letter Modern National National Security Paths Permit Private Read Revealing Security Through Trace Used E-Mail

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While in medical school, I was drafted into the U.S. Army with the other medical students as part of the wartime training program, and naturalized American citizen in 1943. I greatly enjoyed my medical studies, which at the Medical College of Virginia were very clinically oriented.

~Baruj Benacerraf

Topics: American American Citizen Army Citizen College Drafted Enjoyed Greatly Medical Medical School Oriented Other Part Program School Students Studies Training Very Virginia Wartime Were Which While

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Today, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he is willing to experience for himself what happened in Palestine.

~Bashar Al-Assad

Topics: America Citizen Coming Country Experience Happened He Him Himself His Iraqi Occupy Palestine Sees Today Wants Willing

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Our constitution should be inspired by the philosophy of the Koran with principles that are set in stone and not open to the whims of individual judges, as is the case now. In particular, the constitution should protect every citizen's basic human rights regardless of their sex, status or sect. Everyone should be equal before the law.

~Basmah Bint Saud

Topics: Basic Before Case Citizen Constitution Equal Every Everyone Human Human Rights Individual Inspired Judges Koran Law Now Open Our Particular Philosophy Principles Protect Regardless Rights Set Sex Should Status Stone

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