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"Experts always know everything but the fine points. When I took my citizenship exams, no one there knew how the White House came to be called the White House."
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"Nevertheless, (Jefferson) believed that the habit of skepticism is an essential prerequisite for responsible citizenship. He argued that the cost of education is trivial compared to the cost of ignorance, of leaving government to the wolves. He taught that the country is safe only when the people rule."
"A responsible citizen is the one that sees something wrong in the society, something he is not satisfied with or that he cannot agree with and responds not by blaming the government or leaders. But by designing ways and means of bringing a lasting solution to the issues at hand."
"There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship."
"Every citizen of India must remember that he is an Indian and he has every right in this country but with certain duties."
"It is the prime responsibility of every citizen to feel that his country is free and to defend its freedom is his duty."
"No other country on earth could have provided such tremendous opportunities and we should never take the privilege of our citizenship for granted."
"Every Indian should now forget that he is a Rajput, a Sikh, or a Jat. He must remember that he is an Indian and he has every right in this country, but with certain duties."
"Human beings are by nature political animals."
"Nothing could be more insulting to me than the concept of civil rights. It means perpetual second-class citizenship for me and my kind."
"There are only three types of citizenship: hero, villain, nobody."
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"I often talked to Bing Crosby, and while I liked him, I never understood why he was so popular. To me his voice was just a gimmick."
"I know when I'm working I seldom get into trouble. My educated guess is that boredom has caused most of the problems with Hollywood celebrities."
"All a woman needs is a good bath, clean clothes, and for her hair to be combed. These things she can do herself. I very seldom go to the hairdresser, but when I do, I just marvel."
"I don't fear death because I don't fear anything I don't understand. When I start to think about it, I order a massage and it goes away."
"I don't believe in life after death. But I do believe in some grinding destiny that watches over us on earth. If I didn't, the safety valve would give and the boiler would explode."
"Jack Kennedy always said to me, Hedy, get involved. That's the secret of life. Try everything. Join everything. Meet everybody."
"Lawyers know how to take isolated complaints in a divorce case and build them into one big one."
"Dirt makes a man look masculine. Let your hair blow in the wind, and all that. It's OK. All you have to do is look neat when you have to look neat."
"I would tell anyone who wants something from someone else to feign not wanting it. People are perverse. If you show great affection to them, they'll run the other way."
"If I were to name my favorite pastime, I'd have to say talking about myself. I love it and I think most other people do too. We need, people like us, more listeners and less talkers."
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