Slogans for civic sense?

Question

Slogans for civic sense?

Answer 1

"Civic," literally, means "pertaining to cities," so let's look at what the greatest leaders of cities have said.  There are plenty here to choose from.

"There is strength in the union even of very sorry men.–Homer (~700 B.V.); "The Iliad," Bk XIII

"Bad herdsmen ruin their flocks."–Homer, "The Odyssey," Bk XVII

"The city is the teacher of the man."–Simonides (556-468 B.C.)

"The test of any man lies in action."–Pindar (518-438 B.C.); "Olympian," Bk I

"Any excuse will serve a tyrant."–Aesop (~500 B.C.); "The Wolf and the Lamb"

"Put your shoulder to the wheel."–Aesop, "Hercules and the Wagoner"

"Wait for the wisest of all Counselors, Time."–Pericles (495 - 429 B.C); as reported by Plutarch

"The beginning is the most important part of the work."–Plato (428-328 B.C.); "The Republic, Bk I

"The basis of a democratic state is liberty."–Aristotle (384-322 B.C.); "Politics," Bk VI

"The people's good is the highest law."–Cicero (106-43 B.C.); "De Legibus," Bk III

"Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work."–Horace (65-8 B.C.): "Satires," Bk I

"Seize the day!  Put no trust in the morrow."–Horace; Odes, Bk I

"The man who is tenacious of purpose in a rightful cause i not shaken from his firm resolve by the frenzy of his fellow citizens clamoring for what is wrong, or by the tyrant's threatening countenance."–Horace; Odes, Bk III

"It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire."–Horace; Epistles, Bk I

"Go right on and listen as thou goest."–Dante Alighieri (1265-1321); "Purgatorio," Canto XV

Some birth and death dates of the classical authors are inexact.