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What belongs to all of us, and what we owe each other.

These quotes use 'our' to point at collective stakes, from expecting transparency out of government to naming the real economic cost of persistent inequality. For more on civic accountability, see Government quotes.

The time has come to end social promotion in our schools.

Quotes by Roy Barnes

Georgia is in an enviable position today, but we can't rest on our laurels.

Quotes by Roy Barnes

As the leaders and decision-makers of this great state, it is our responsibility to strive for perfection.

Quotes by Roy Barnes

AllianceTexas is a cash machine for our public partners.

Quotes by Ross Perot, Jr.

Our founders built a new order atop specifically European intellectual traditions.

Quotes by Ross Douthat

Our great national drama was a westward expansion that conquered a native population rather than coexisting with it.

Quotes by Ross Douthat

Our immigrants joined a settler culture, Anglo-Saxon and Protestant, that demanded assimilation to its norms.

Quotes by Ross Douthat

I think it's crucial that we remember the lives of people, not their deaths. Our deaths are not our lives.

Quotes by Ross Gay

Yahoo! is committed to building the richest set of premium and personalized content experiences for our users.

Quotes by Ross Levinsohn

Delivering compelling premium experiences across screens is core to our mission at Yahoo.

Quotes by Ross Levinsohn

Rosecrans is a family name - it used to be a last name in our family.

Quotes by Rosecrans Baldwin

The important thing for my father bringing me on the board of HCL Technologies was to expose me to our largest asset, which is HCL Technologies.

Quotes by Roshni Nadar

My job is to look after all our investments and ensure that we grow.

Quotes by Roshni Nadar

As a first-generation inheritor, the first mandate is to preserve our family wealth and hopefully increase it.

Quotes by Roshni Nadar

We are wasting our water mostly by putting waste into it. One cubic meter of wastewater can pollute ten cubic meters of water. Discharging wastewater into oceans turns freshwater into the less useful salty stuff, and desalination is expensive.

Quotes by Rose George

Art is such an important part of our culture.

Quotes by Rosanna Arquette

They kind of took it out of our hands. We're still able to deal with him on an emotional level.

Quotes by Rosario Dawson

I think we all miss our childhood.

Quotes by Rory Culkin

Shakespeare and Co dedicates itself to a shared, heady and outdated ideal that is scarce in our protective and fearful age.

Quotes by Rory MacLean

As for my state of Mississippi, our governor, Phil Bryant, said the state could not afford the matching funds required to trigger the federal match for Medicaid expansion. We won't do it even though in 2014, the federal government would...

Quotes by Ronnie Musgrove

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these quotes say about accountability in government?
One quote calls for straightforward accountability: "We should be able to go to our government and get clear answers." For more on this topic, see our Government page.
Is there a quote about influential scientists?
Yes - one quote reflects on scientific legacy, noting that "Bohr's influence on the physics and the physicists of our century was stronger than that of anyone else, even than that of Albert Einstein."
Does the collection touch on how we understand nature?
One quote makes a subtle point about observation: "What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning." Browse more reflective lines in our About collection.
Is there a quote about the cost of inequality?
Yes - one quote lays out the stakes plainly, warning that inequality is "undermining our global competitiveness, our democracy, and our ideals as a nation." For more on national issues, see our Country page.
What ties these quotes together?
Each one uses "our" to point to something shared - a government, a century, a method of understanding, or a set of national ideals. Explore more in our Always section.

One line honors a physicist's outsized influence on 20th-century science, showing how the word also applies to shared intellectual history. Readers can also browse Country quotes for national identity or About quotes for broader context.