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Citizen

(noun) A resident of a city or town, especially one with legally-recognized rights or duties.

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"I am a citizen of the world."
— Charlie Chaplin
"If a society permits one portion of its citizenry to be menaced or destroyed, then, very soon, no one in that society is safe."
— James Baldwin
"Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry."
— Thomas Jefferson
"To be a citizen in a democracy, a human being must be given a healthy start."
— Eleanor Roosevelt
"Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections."
— George Washington
"To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country."
— George Washington
"It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority."
— Benjamin Franklin
"The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions."
— George Washington
"If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you're gonna get selfish, ignorant leaders."
— George Carlin
"It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen."
— Aristotle

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