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December 07, 2020

Rights & Duties of a Citizen

December 07, 2020/ Andy Zehner
Rights & Duties of a Citizen

“No man can be a good citizen who is not a good husband and a good father, who is not honest in his dealings with other men and women, faithful to his friends and fearless in the presence of his foes, who has not got a sound heart, a sound mind, and a sound body.”

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A Citizen's Syllabus

“A truly robust civic education must encompass the full suite of aptitudes necessary for good citizenship. These include a grasp of the history and theory of democracy . . . and critical reasoning skills that help to distinguish true information from false. Other vital elements in good citizenship: a commitment to values such as tolerance and equality that provide standards against which to hold policymakers and policies to account, and a disposition directed toward cooperation and action.”

Johns Hopkins University President Ronald Daniels


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