Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country, and should dwell together read more

Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country, and should dwell together in bonds of fraternal feeling.

Voting is the least arduous of a citizen's duties. He has the prior and harder duty of making up his read more

Voting is the least arduous of a citizen's duties. He has the prior and harder duty of making up his mind.

The best principles of our republic secure to all its citizens a perfect equality of rights.

The best principles of our republic secure to all its citizens a perfect equality of rights.

The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing read more

The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight.

Now the trumpet summons us again -- not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need -- not read more

Now the trumpet summons us again -- not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need -- not as a call to battle, though embattled we are -- but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle year in and year out, "rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation" -- a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty and war itself.

It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.

It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.

Gardens, scholars say, are the first sign of commitment to a community. When people plant corn they are saying, let's read more

Gardens, scholars say, are the first sign of commitment to a community. When people plant corn they are saying, let's stay here. And by their connection to the land, they are connected to one another.

It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the read more

It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union... Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less.

The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he should be able and willing read more

The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he should be able and willing to pull his weight.