The most important political office is that of private citizen. From LearnThat.org. [Louis Dembitz Brandeis (1856-1941).]
The term citizen was substituted for that of "subject.". From Wordnik.com. [History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II] Reference
"The term citizen is a legal one," Herbert pointed out. From Wordnik.com. [Mission Of Honor]
The French republicans of the earlier period thought the term citizen was good enough for anybody. From Wordnik.com. [Over the Teacups] Reference
“If you go to NowPublic, you will never ever see the term citizen journalism mentioned,” said Brody. From Wordnik.com. [It’s Not Citizen Journalism Or Crowdsourcing – It’s Just Journalism - Publishing 2.0] Reference
Constitution defines the term citizen, and, in harmony with our best lexicographers, declares a citizen to be a person possessed of the right to vote. From Wordnik.com. [History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II] Reference
That's what Buting is asking for in what he calls a citizen complaint. From Wordnik.com. [WBAY Action 2 News] Reference
Yes, last year we did once a week have on what we called a citizen panelist. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Bill Maher Discusses `Politically Incorrect' - April 28, 2000] Reference
Arlington and Belmont have what they call citizen "transportation committees.". From Wordnik.com. [Cambridge Community Television] Reference
Simply log onto CNN. com/stories to send us what we call your citizen journalist pictures and stories. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 25, 2005] Reference
Skip Parker and I will never forget even this day -- we were the guys who what we call citizen soldiers. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 28, 2004] Reference
citizen, seized on American soil, solely on the president's say-so that the citizen is an enemy combatant. From Wordnik.com. [Is That Legal?: And Down the Slope They Come!] Reference
To our viewers, if you have good pictures or video of the hurricane damage, become what we call a citizen journalist. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 26, 2005] Reference
This citizen is a native of the State of Yucatan, where his family, who are distinguished in every point of view, reside. From Wordnik.com. [Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country] Reference
Mr. Justice Daniel, in the same case, (p. 476), says: "Upon the principles of etymology alone, the term citizen, as derived from. From Wordnik.com. [An Account of the Proceedings on the Trial of Susan B. Anthony, on the Charge of Illegal Voting] Reference
Senior citizen is sought in string of bank holdups. From Wordnik.com. [Media Coverage October 2009] Reference
He loved the word citizen, but he preferred the word man. From Wordnik.com. [Les Misérables] Reference
Though the boy was dressed like a plain French citizen of that year. From Wordnik.com. [Lazarre] Reference
Nor ought we to forget that the truest insignia of an American citizen is Virtue. From Wordnik.com. [The Providential Significance of the Death of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
If they mean that he was a Roman citizen from a Latin town, they illustrate this law. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate] Reference
It was as if the meaning of the word citizen had suddenly been made clear to his heart. From Wordnik.com. [To Love] Reference
More than that, we are coming to see that the plain American citizen is the man to work for. From Wordnik.com. [The Fight for Conservation] Reference
Panina is not a countess here, she is a plain citizen, and she has taken the people's money. From Wordnik.com. [Six Red Months in Russia: An Observer's Account of Russia Before and During the Proletarian Dictatorship] Reference
Mr. Richard Grant White, in his late work on "Words and their Uses," says of the word citizen. From Wordnik.com. [History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II] Reference
COOPER: And I know as a citizen of the world your thoughts are definitely in South Asia tonight. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 31, 2004] Reference
We want to expand our participation in the great experiment which is sometimes called citizen journalism. From Wordnik.com. [The Berkeley Daily Planet, The East Bay's Independent Newspaper] Reference
The great unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster was opened, and the definition of the word citizen read to me. From Wordnik.com. [History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III)] Reference
'' These people we call citizen journalists may be citizens, but they're certainly not journalists, '' he said. From Wordnik.com. Reference
'Men make boast' – the voice came clear from the monument – 'that an English citizen is tried by his peers. From Wordnik.com. [The Convert] Reference
So I don't know which side this helps or hurts, but I know as a citizen, I know virtually nothing about this woman. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 3, 2005] Reference
In this we do what every sovereign citizen is supposed to do but has not the time or the interest to do for himself. From Wordnik.com. [Media] Reference
TWO women have been Ministers of Welfare since the revolution – Countess Panina and plain citizen Alexandra Kollontay. From Wordnik.com. [Six Red Months in Russia: An Observer's Account of Russia Before and During the Proletarian Dictatorship] Reference
In any community, the reputation of a citizen is paramount and this is becoming truer for online social networks, as well. From Wordnik.com. [Jeff Bennett: With Recession Comes a Return to Sharing] Reference
On the other hand the word citizen dates back before 1300 borrowed from the Anglo-French citisein meaning "inhabitant of a city.". From Wordnik.com. [Patt Cottingham: Goodbye/Hello 2 "Consumer: a Retro Concept"] Reference
The realization of just how lucky I am to be an American citizen is far and away the foremost lesson learned during my captivity. From Wordnik.com. [Hickerson, James M.] Reference
It would be quite as impossible, contrariwise, to transform a noble duke into a plain American citizen, so there you are, even up. From Wordnik.com. [A Fool and His Money] Reference
He was dressed in citizen's clothes, and when the rebels entered the car and asked him who he was, he replied, "Nobody of any account.". From Wordnik.com. [Foreign and Colonial News] Reference
Let it be borne in mind, then, that those who deny the construction which we claim, must make the word citizen mean merely "not an alien.". From Wordnik.com. [History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II] Reference
If today the free citizen is willing to become merely a digit in a table of government statistics, that digit will ultimately become zero. From Wordnik.com. [Atlantic Trade Community, Foundation of the Free World] Reference
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