Quotes About Nationality

My apartment rightfully belongs to the people of Lithuania!

I clarified that I myself was Colombian. What is 'being Colombian'? I'm not sure, I replied. It's an act of faith. Like being Norwegian, she said, nodding. I can recall nothing further of what was said that night.

Mi deplorable condición de argentino me impedirá incurrir en el ditirambo — género obligatorio en el Uruguay—, cuando el tema es un uruguayo.

Wilson insisted the time had come for "hyphenated" citizenship to end.

There is no tragedy so utter that a Belgian, with the best will in the world, can't make worse.

In the nineteenth century, one in three British soldiers was an Irishman.

There is a great new work before us, which is to replace with true knowledge the ignorance that has destroyed human minds. We will construct unity in a world [which] has been brutally torn apart by false divisions of race, religion, gender, nationality, and age. We will heal with unconditional love those souls whose hearts have been disfigured by hatred and loneliness.

Z matki obcej; krew jego dawne bohatery, A imi? jego b?dzie czterdzie?ci i cztery.

Can I see some ID?" "WE DON'T HAVE ID," said Jay, loudly. "'CAUSE WE'RE CANADIAN. WE DON'T USE ID...THERE. AND THAT'S WHY WE LOOK SO YOUNG. 'CAUSE WE'RE CANADIAN." Doug stiffened. Jay sounded crazy. Doug tried looking extra sane to even things out.

As a woman I have a country; as a woman I cannot divest myself of that country merely bu condemning its government or by saying three times "As a woman my country is the whole world." -Notes Towards a Politics of Location.

My passport's green.

I feel French, beyond the passport.

Having a United States passport has been an incredible asset, and I hope that will continue to be the case.

Although I hold a German passport, I feel very much alienated when I'm there.

I'm not super-patriotic, but the U.S. is where I live, and it's the passport that I carry.

I have a British passport, but the rest of my family have Indian passports, and I am Indian.

I have a British and an American passport.

I became an American citizen three years ago, and if I'd been arrested, maybe that wouldn't have happened. That was a very proud moment, by the way. I still have my Irish passport, but becoming an American citizen was important in terms of my family.

'Captain America' I love, and that would be great, but c'mon, a Frenchman doing 'Captain America?' They would burn my passport.

You can have Irish identity in the north and also have your Irish passport.

I have an American passport, but I don't always remember I'm an American citizen.

I am just grateful I have a British passport and a country here.

Anyone who's gotten their passport in America will tell you, when you get it, it still says what country you were born in. So I remember getting my American passport. I was like, 'Woo-hoo! I'm going to travel.' And I opened it up. It said, 'Born in Iran.' I'm like, 'Oh, come on, man!'

I'm happy being Canadian and I'm proud of where I come from. So I'll keep my passport.