Quotes about Civic duty
Power has only one duty--to secure the social welfare of the people.
— Benjamin Disraeli
I call therefore a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully and magnanimously all the offices both private and public, of peace and war.
— John Milton
You're a sovereign as a citizen. If you're not involved in your government, you're not doing your job. In the long run that's very bad for the Republic.
— Michael Novak
Those who stay away from the election think that one vote will do no good. 'Tis but one step more to think one vote will do no harm.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer, that he cannot without disgrace be associated with it.
— Henry David Thoreau
Sometimes when I'm in the midst of all this, I can hear my mother saying, 'Democracy is just something you must do every day, like brushing your teeth.
— Gloria Steinem
Voting isn't the most we can do, but the least. To have a democracy, you have to want one.
— Gloria Steinem
I was born on Nov. 4, which is election day ... my birthday has made more men and sent more back to honest work than any other days in the year.
— Will Rogers
And the first thing we have to do is vote. Hey, no, not just once in a while. Not just when my husband or somebody you like is on the ballot. But in every election at every level, all of the time.
— Michelle Obama
Elections aren't just about who votes but who doesn't vote.
— Michelle Obama
Paying tax should be framed as a glorious civic duty worthy of gratitude - not a punishment for making money.
— Alain de Botton
Voting isn't the most we can do, but it is the least.
— Gloria Steinem