Citizens

Examples

• O, good citizens, if you would have so much compassion for us! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• In May, 1915, they sank the great passenger liner, the _Lusitania_, without any warning, drowning a number of American citizens. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Sherman paid no attention at all to the overture, but pushed forward and took the town without making any conditions whatever with its citizens. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• And they alone of all the citizens may not touch or handle silver or gold, or be under the same roof with them, or wear them, or drink from them. Plato. The Republic.
• Even for that purpose their votes did not have the same value as those of their patrician fellow citizens. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Up to that time I had not occupied any place in the South where the citizens were at home in any great numbers. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• It was an average body of American citizens aroused to action by an obvious evil. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• This will be a blessing whose influence will descend not only on the other citizens, but on your best friends and yourself. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• They told as little as they could to their allies and fellow citizens, and consulted them as little as possible. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• For reasons worth analyzing later, these representative American citizens desired both the immediate taboo and an ultimate annihilation of vice. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Again, I can make no stipulations with regard to the treatment of citizens and their private property. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Through a process of training which has already made them good citizens they are now to be made good legislators. Plato. The Republic.
• The States-General was far less representative of the whole body of citizens than was the English Parliament even in its Venetian days. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Now this commission consists of the Health Officer, a physician and three citizens who serve without pay. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• He was never ostracized--his prestige with the quieter citizens saved him from that; but he was attacked with increasing boldness and steadfastness. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• But some of the poorer free citizens followed mechanic arts, and, as we have already noted, would even pull an oar in a galley for pay. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• But for them the state did not exist; it existed for the select body of citizens alone. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He increased the distribution of subsidized cheap corn to the Roman citizens. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Nor should our citizens be given to excess of laughter--'Such violent delights' are followed by a violent re-action. Plato. The Republic.
• After confession, absolution is granted to the citizens collectively, but no one is mentioned by name. Plato. The Republic.
• In Rome it became a science very early, and gave a considerable degree of illustration to those citizens who had the reputation of understanding it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• One gathers that Pericles was superior in his demeanour; he betrayed at times a contempt for the citizens he served. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Probably in the dealings of these citizens with one another. Plato. The Republic.
• These were the citizens; the slave or out-lander had no more part in the state than he had in Greece. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Such is the tale; is there any possibility of making our citizens believe in it? Plato. The Republic.
• And it was chiefly the poorer citizens of Athens who sustained this empire by their most vigorous and incessant personal service. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Unwilling to make myself disagreeable to my fellow-citizens by too frequently soliciting their contributions, I absolutely refused. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• But those excellent soldiers would make dismal citizens. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• And in our State what other name besides that of citizens do the people give the rulers? Plato. The Republic.
• But the ruling class do not want remedies; they care only for money, and are as careless of virtue as the poorest of the citizens. Plato. The Republic.

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