Citizenship Quotes

The worth of the state, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it.

Relegating women to second-class citizenship was abolished when Jesus died on the cross.

Capital in money form has no citizenship. It is fungible, an asset capable of moving from place to place in a nanosecond.

There is no global anthem, no global currency, no certificate of global citizenship. We pledge allegiance to one flag, and that flag is the American flag.

from the slave ship to the citizenship we faced a lot of bullship

For everybody has a natural right not only to defend his own person and property against aggressors, but also to go to the assistance and defence of everybody else, whose person or property is invaded. The natural right of each individual to defend his own person and property against an aggressor, and to go to the assistance and defence of every one else whose person or property is invaded, is a right without which men could not exist on earth.

Canada is destined to be one of the great nations of the world and Canadian women must be ready for citizenship.

Birth on U.S. territory has never been an absolute claim to citizenship.

Suffrage is a common right of citizenship. Women have the right of suffrage. Logically it cannot be escaped.

Good government is no substitute for self-government.

Citizenship is the right to have rights.

Citizenship should be based on those who have a close and real relationship with this country and its inhabitants.

I love my country. And I would have to renounce my Spanish citizenship to become a U.S. Citizen.

Venture too far for love, she tells herself, and you renounce citizenship in the country you've made for yourself.

Ours is an open and accepting society, and has historically provided an avenue for lawful immigration to all those willing to accept the responsibilities of citizenship.

My heavenly citizenship makes the whole world a foreign mission field.

Therefore one should speak at the same time of national citizenship and wider European citizenship.

We do not support an automatic pathway to citizenship.

Those who come forward will not be offered an automatic pass to citizenship and should be expected to pay a substantial fine or penalty to participate in the temporary program.

Getting my library card was like citizenship; it was like American citizenship.

I now have Croatian citizenship, but I only accepted it because Croatia allowed me to keep my Russian passport.

Education should be the handmaid of citizenship.

When somebody has dual citizenship and commits a crime, his Dutch passport should be revoked and he should be deported to the other country, even if he was born here.

Perhaps only when people can enjoy their differences as a resource of cultural enrichment do they become truly civilized.

Well I don't know, I might have lost my citizenship, I don't think you can lose your citizenship though.

I always say there's no ticket of admission for active citizenship. Anybody can get through that gate, and anybody can ask that basic question that gets the ball rolling.

Citizenship is what makes a republic - monarchies can get along without it.

Full participation in government and society has been a basic right of the country symbolizing the full citizenship and equal protection of all.

The social and industrial structure of America is founded upon an enlightened citizenship.

Along with voting, jury duty, and paying taxes, goofing off is one of the central obligations of American citizenship.

I have dual citizenship, it just so happens I live in America.

My ideal picture of citizenship will always be an argument, not a sing-along.

Amend Constitution to remove aliens' birthright citizenship.

If 'little George Dubya Bush' wins, we are going to apply for Canadian citizenship.

Donald Trump proposes to deport 16 million people, 11 million who are here without documents. And both Donald Trump and Mike Pence want to get rid of birthright citizenship. So if you're born here, but your parents don't have documents, they want to eliminate that. That's another 4.5 million people.

Citizenship is no light trifle to be jeopardized any moment Congress decides to do so under the name of one of its general or implied grants of power.

The man who is always waving the flag usually waives what it stands for.

What do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my friends? Such are the questions which a virtuous man ought often to ask himself.

Castilian Spanish-speaking Spain is big, but is bigger in addition with Catalonian-speaking Spain, Galician-speaking Spain and Basque-speaking Spain. Democratic Spain, Constitutional Spain, can not be separated from diversity and the respect to the citizenship.

I'm just a citizen temporarily in public service.

Our citizenship is in eternity; history is our temporary residence.

You are a citizen, and citizenship carries responsibilities.

History is the key to citizenship.

Civility also requires relearning how to disagree without being disagreeable. Surely you can question my policies without questioning my faith or, for that matter, my citizenship.

To love country means to rise above I am because I am. It is to recognize that I am because we are.

Conservatives forget that citizenship is more than a thing to withhold from immigrants. Progressives forget it's more than a set of rights.

The objectives of education and industry are identical. Both are interested in good citizenship, in serving society, in a better life-and both firmly believe in freedom.

The true purpose of education is to prepare young men and women for effective citizenship in a free form of government.

Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag -if they do, they must be consequences -perhaps loss of citizenship or year in a jail.

My response to my friend Naheed Nenshi was simply to say that some of the hyperbolic language that's being used to critique this sensible reinforcement of the public nature of the citizenship oath is, I think, unhelpful, and is actually inflaming the situation.