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Jai Ganesh

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Citizens Quotes - VII

Citizens Quotes - VII

1. This whole fuss did not only damage Fischer's image, but that of the USA as well. The way the Americans treated one of their most popular citizens did not make a positive impression worldwide. - Anatoly Karpov

2. I was brought up in a very ordinary family, in fact, a worker's family. Both my father and mother were ordinary citizens. - Vladimir Putin

3. When I went to Spain, the tourism minister told me a lot of people want to come to India, as they love Bollywood, but they don't have direct flights and find it difficult to get visas on arrival that is currently offered to only citizens of nine countries. - Chiranjeevi

4. I'm eternally grateful to fate and the citizens of Russia that they've trusted me to be the head of the Russian government. - Vladimir Putin

5. Too often, governments are quick to use excessive force and even pervert the course of justice to keep oil and gas flowing, forests logged, wild rivers dammed and minerals extracted. As the Global Witness study reveals, citizens are often killed, too - especially if they're poor and indigenous. - David Suzuki

6. Millions of us, myself included, go back generations in this country, with ancestors who put in the painstaking work to become citizens. So we don't like the notion that anyone might get a free pass to American citizenship. - Barack Obama

7. The principle of democracy is all about delegation of power by the vast majority of citizens through a few chosen representatives chosen on merit and competence. - N. R. Narayana Murthy

8. I'm not in favour of dividing Hindus and Sikhs. I'm not in favour of dividing Hindus and Christians. All the citizens, all the voters, are my countrymen. - Narendra Modi

9. We want to free our citizens from the burden of excessive paper documents in every office. We want paperless transactions. We will set up a digital locker for every citizen to store personal documents that can be shared across departments. - Narendra Modi

10. You can't have a competitive, egalitarian meritocracy if only some of your citizens have the opportunity for a good education. - Rupert Murdoch

11. I was born in Australia and am proud of my Australian provenance, but I am now an American. Like so many naturalized citizens, I felt that I was an American before I formally became one. - Rupert Murdoch.

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