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To be a police officer in New York requires so much more than just we, as a citizen, need to walk around. Your job is to put yourself in this place where a horrible event has happened and try to figure it out. That's what you do, day in and day out. You have to have a certain distance to it. You can't let yourself go too far into it.

~Bill Camp

Topics: Around Certain Citizen Day Distance Event Far Figure Go Happened Horrible Job Just More Much Need New New York Officer Out Place Police Police Officer Put Requires Than Too Try Walk Where York You Your Yourself

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A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election.

~Bill Vaughan

Topics: America Citizen Cross Democracy Election Fight National Ocean Street Vote Will

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I'm a citizen of the world. I like it that way. The world's a wonderful. I just think that some people are pretty badly represented. But when you speak to the people themselves they're delightful. They all want so little.

~Billy Connolly

Topics: Badly Citizen Delightful Just Like Little People Pretty Some Some People Speak Themselves Think Want Way Wonderful World You

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As a citizen of the great city of Chicago, I find it impossible to root against the White Sox. The White Sox organization has been much more consistent, in my lifetime at least, at putting a winning ballclub on the field.

~Billy Corgan

Topics: Against Been Chicago Citizen City Consistent Field Find Great Great City Impossible Least Lifetime More Much Organization Putting Root Sox White Winning

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The Second Amendment was passed in an era when organized police forces were few and citizen militias were useful in maintaining the peace.

~Blase J. Cupich

Topics: Amendment Citizen Era Few Forces Maintaining Organized Passed Peace Police Second Second Amendment Useful Were

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Taking privacy cues from the federal government is - to say the least - ironic, considering today's Orwellian level of surveillance. At virtually any given time outside of one's own home, an American citizen can reasonably assume his movements and actions are being monitored by something, by somebody, somewhere.

~Bob Barr

Topics: Actions American American Citizen Any Any Given Time Assume Being Citizen Considering Federal Federal Government Given Government His Home Ironic Least Level Movements Outside Own Privacy Reasonably Say Somebody Something Somewhere Surveillance Taking Time Today Virtually

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It's appropriate to celebrate public service, and the thoughtful people who choose to serve. They symbolize what is good and decent about this historic citizen legislature, and we thank them.

~Bob Ehrlich

Topics: About Appropriate Celebrate Choose Citizen Decent Good Historic Legislature People Public Public Service Serve Service Symbolize Thank Them Thoughtful Who

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Nothing is worse, or more of a breach of the social contract between citizen and state, than for government officials, bureaucrats and agencies to waste the money entrusted to them by the people they serve.

~Bob Riley

Topics: Agencies Between Breach Bureaucrats By The People Citizen Contract Entrusted Government Government Officials Money More Nothing Officials People Serve Social Social Contract State Than Them Waste Worse

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People are hurting out there, perhaps they are ready to start a conversation about whether an AR-15 belongs in the hands of a citizen, whether a citizen should be able 6,000 rounds on the internet.

~Brian Williams

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If you're running a dictatorship, you don't really have to worry about the welfare or the property rights of the ordinary citizen. Only the people who keep you in power, a very small group, matter.

~Bruce Bueno De Mesquita

Topics: About Citizen Dictatorship Group Keep Matter Only Ordinary People Power Property Property Rights Really Rights Running Small Small Group Very Welfare Who Worry You

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