Quotes about Civic virtue

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Democracy is not simply a license to indulge individual whims and proclivities. It is also holding oneself accountable t — Aberjhani, Splendid Literarium: A Treasury of Stories, Aphorisms, Poems, and Essays
The ills attributed to an anthropomorphic abstraction called "society" may be laid more realistically at the door of Eve — Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi
Public symbols matter. They are one of the ways we tell each other, and the world, what we honor. — Michael W. McConnell
The good polis is made by the good person, his moral character intact, and the good polis, in turn, helps turn out good — Rebecca Goldstein, Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away
Noting the lack of crime or security in the Netherlands, the author asked a native who guarded a national landmark. He g — Bill Bryson, Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe