Citizen

Famous quotes containing the word citizen:

    “Where the citizen uses a mere sliver or board, the pioneer uses the whole trunk of a tree.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “To be a born American citizen seems a guarantee against pauperism; and this, perhaps, springs from the virtue of a vote.”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)

    “I am a citizen of the world.”
    —Sylvia Beach (1887–1962)