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Michael Bennet can't possibly understand the impact of flooding our job market with workers that aren't citizens of this country, and when we fight, they call us racist. When did wanting to feed your family become racist?

~Darryl Glenn

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We'll try to cooperate fully with the IRS, because, as citizens, we feel a strong patriotic duty not to go to jail.

~Dave Barry

Topics: Because Citizens Cooperate Duty Feel Fully Go Irs Jail Patriotic Strong Try

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Our citizens and those who have gone before us charted the broad outlines of where we need to go, and they would envy our opportunity to translate those dreams into action. And I believe they will judge us very harshly should we fail to act.

~Dave Freudenthal

Topics: Act Action Before Believe Broad Citizens Dreams Envy Fail Go Gone Judge Need Opportunity Our Outlines Should Those Translate Us Very Where Who Will Would I Believe

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I will commit myself to making this state an even greater place to live, work and raise a family. I intend to reach out from border to border to hear first-hand from our citizens about their thoughts, concerns and ideas for our state.

~Dave Heineman

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I mean, it is an extraordinary thing that a large proportion of your country and my country, of the citizens, never see a wild creature from dawn 'til dusk, unless it's a pigeon, which isn't really wild, which might come and settle near them.

~David Attenborough

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And we think that our citizens and yours would be very angry if they thought that we hadn't taken every possible step for prevention and then for joint action in the likelihood of those who threaten our lives and our well- being, taking action at the same time.

~David Blunkett

Topics: Action Angry Being Citizens Every Joint Likelihood Lives Our Our Lives Possible Prevention Same Same Time Step Taken Taking Then Think Those Thought Threaten Time Very Well Well Being Who Would Yours

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One of the things that the court held in Brown v. Board of Education is that government can't impose a badge of inferiority on some of its citizens. Yet that is exactly what Proposition 8 does with respect to gay and lesbian couples in California.

~David Boies

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In the book, America had already been weakened by bio terror plagues before waves of selfish violence took down the rest. But the real enemy was the kind of male human being who nurses fantasies of violent glory at the expense of his fellow citizens.

~David Brin

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Half a century ago, the amazing courage of Rosa Parks, the visionary leadership of Martin Luther King, and the inspirational actions of the civil rights movement led politicians to write equality into the law and make real the promise of America for all her citizens.

~David Cameron

Topics: Actions Amazing America Century Citizens Civil Civil Rights Civil Rights Movement Courage Equality Half Her Inspirational King Law Leadership Led Luther Make Martin Martin Luther Martin Luther King Movement Parks Politicians Promise Real Rights Rights Movement Rosa Rosa Parks Visionary Write

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It's true that most American citizens think of themselves as living in a democratic country. But when was the last time that any Americans actually sat down and came to a collective decision? Maybe if they are ordering pizzas, but basically never.

~David Graeber

Topics: Actually American American Citizens Any Basically Came Citizens Collective Country Decision Democratic Down Last Last Time Living Maybe Most Never Ordering Sat Themselves Think Time True

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