The police are ineffective in dealing with career criminals and protecting the innocent-and the local citizens lack the courage to take action themselves.

The citizens collective or borghesi lacked the resources to repair the church.

According to the project web page "the greatest threats to our freedom and prosperity occur when citizens lack information and government officials escape without accountability."

The survey was in response to preconceived notions that white citizens lack social awareness.

The average citizen normally lacks the time, knowledge, and experience necessary to understand certain technical matters related, for example, to the environment, energy, communications, or modern weaponry.

In addition, a concurring opinion by one of the two judges said private citizens, in the absence of personal injury, simply lacked standing to sue.

The individual citizens of these countries often lack access to services of this nature, particularly in rural areas.

I repeat, a good deal has been said, but I think the answer lies in the fact that Europe's citizens lack information.

Ordinary citizens lack the knowledge to oversee developments, and this limits all our scope for reflection and critical appraisal.

When citizens, both corporate and private, lack such virtue, there is little that public policy can do.