civic responsibility

Noun

Meaning

the responsibilities of a citizen

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Media corporations have a civic responsibility not only to prevent fraud and financial abuse, but also to not corrupt or degrade our culture. Charles W. Pickering

Civic education and civic responsibility should be taught in elementary school. Donna Brazile

To me history ought to be a source of pleasure. It isn't just part of our civic responsibility. To me it's an enlargement of the experience of being alive, just the way literature or art or music is. David McCullough

I believe an invitation from the Commission on Presidential Debates is similar to a draft notice - a civic responsibility. Jim Lehrer

You can bring your children under age 18 into the voting booth with you. Many families do so as a way to teach civic responsibility. Christine Pelosi

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