Quotes About Citizenship

In the words of President Lyndon Johnson when he signed the 1965 immigration reform act: "This is a simple test, and it is a fair test. Those who can contribute most to this country—to its growth, to its strength, to its spirit—will be the first that are admitted to this land."21

We own the country we grow up in, or we are aliens and invaders.

We were Germans, English, Hungarian, African — all of us insignificant to them. Gradually we became nationless. I came to hate nations. We are deformed by nation-states.

Former Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming, the co-author of the 1986 Simpson-Mazzoli immigration reform bill, has said the failure of that bill was a function of the lack of an ID card system.

Commonwealth is the only alternative for Puerto Rico. It is the only alternative that harmonizes the aspirations and goals of the modern world by protecting Puerto Rico's identity and simultaneously guaranteeing its relationship with the United States, complete with a common market, common citizenship, common defense, and common currency.

However, should any Singaporean consistently establish that he or she rejects Singapore or our Constitution or runs Singapore down with a political agenda overseas, neither I, nor the WP will stand for such conduct.

If you don't have that Singapore core, you can top up the numbers, but you are no longer Singapore. It doesn't feel Singapore - it isn't Singapore - and we can issue everybody red passports, but where is the continuity?

We want to build a compassionate and truly democratic Singapore where good values and people matter.

For me, any chance to serve Singapore even in its limited capacity... I would be glad to take it up and use it to serve Singaporeans.

Isaac Singer was born in Poland and doesn't write in English. Still, he's an American.

I am opposed to amnesty - period. But don't just take my word on it. Ask any of the over 300 illegal aliens I arrested in a single day.

More and more Republicans are recognizing and respecting the essential dignity of individuals who are gay and deserve the full rights of citizenship, just like their straight brothers and sisters.

Real democracy is only possible when people truly imbibe democratic principles and respect ethical values above everything else.

What other form of government, indeed, can so well deserve our esteem and love?

Love of country follows from the exercise of its freedoms, not from pride in its fleets or its armies.

the Muslim population in the US is approximately 3.3 million, the majority of whom are US-born.

There are loads of people like us. We are all here because we like it here or are married to Britons or both. If I may say so, you are a little more cosmopolitan, possibly even a little more dynamic and productive, sometimes even more adorable and gorgeous, because we are here with you. If you think the only people you should have in your country are the people you produce yourselves, you are an idiot. And

I would submit that if you think the only people you should have in your country are the people you produce yourselves, you are an idiot.

As Herman Melville put it: "We are not so much a nation as a world.

They believed that any boy treated with decency, encouragement, and respect would grow into a model citizen, and they were nearly always right. Ninety-five percent of Xaverian boys went on to live normal, stable lives.

In a funny way, nothing makes you feel more like a native of your own country than to live where nearly everyone is not.

All Australians are required by law to vote in federal elections, including residents of the Northern Territory.

Everyone eligible to vote should be able to do so without unnecessary inconvenience

Our democracy is of no use to those who have not been educated to it. Freedom is not of use to those who do not know how to employ it.