Citizenship Quotes

There's not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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