Quotes About Citizenship

Big Bessie's feet hurt like nobody's business,but she stands—bigly—under the unruly scrutiny, stands in the wild weed.In the wild weedshe is a citizen.

Al terminar el siglo XX, México había construido las instituciones necesarias para disipar ese fantasma. Las elecciones habían empezado a ser creíbles. Había empezado a existir y a manifestarse una ciudadanía real. Por primera vez en la historia política de México los partidos políticos atraían el voto verdadero de una mayoría de mexicanos que efectivamente acudían a votar. Las elecciones

Pero ¿quién decide si las leyes son justas? Nadie, cada quien. Millones de mexicanos se erigen todos los días en jueces de cuáles leyes deben o no obedecer.

La ciudadanía mexicana quiere un Estado que cumpla con una enorme cantidad de compromisos públicos, pero no está dispuesta a pagar en impuestos lo que espera que su gobierno le devuelva en servicios. Tiene suspendido el vínculo fundamental que hay entre pagar impuestos y exigir cuentas al gobierno. Exige pero no paga y paga sin exigir.

Un día que no alcanzamos a ver nos despertaremos en un país genuinamente republicano y ejemplarmente democrático. No es el país donde estamos, sino a medias, según las sumas de bienes y males que cada quien quiera hacer para medir el país moderno a medias, eternamente inacabado, en que vivimos.

La ciudadanía mexicana tiene una memoria histórica vigorosa, pero llena de fantasías que ayudan poco a la construcción de una cultura democrática.

My country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every person, a chance. It gave me schooling, independence of action, opportunity for service and honor." And this DUMMY

It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.

Equal laws protecting equal rights…the best guarantee of loyalty and love of country.

I'm a patriot with every fiber of my being. A patriot does what is best for his country, not what is best for its leader.

Let me strive, every moment of my life, to make myself better and better, to the best of my ability, so that all may profit by it. Let me think of the right, and lend all my assistance to those who need it, with no regard for anything but justice. Let me take what comes with a smile, without loss of courage. Let me be considerate of my country, of my fellow citizens and my associates in everything I say and do. Let me do right to all, and wrong to no man.

Immigration specifically was laid out in the Congress, giving the power of Congress to create a uniform system of naturalization.

If you play in this country, live in this country, and you grow up in the heartland - and you put on a Russian uniform - you are not a patriotic person.

Anyone who is willing to take a bullet for this country, anyone who is willing to serve in uniform, should at the end of their military service be given an opportunity to become an American citizen.

I've always been really uninterested in politicians and the acts of the Houses of Parliament, or government as an idea. But I'm interested in politics in that I'm a member of the world, and I have strong feelings of right and wrong, but I can't get into the ins and outs of it.

For the state of our union to be strong, we need to place value in Americans.

I find no contradiction between being a Highlander, a Scot, a citizen of the U.K. and a citizen of the European Union at one and the same time.

Being born white in South Africa or anywhere in the empire and Commonwealth automatically conferred this special status. You had no problem finding a place to live, a job, trade union membership, access to social services. Being white, speaking English, you were accepted as English, entitled to all the rights of citizenship.

We would like to make it quite clear that we are not migrants into the U.K. But we are the citizens of a state that belongs to the European Union who can take jobs anywhere freely within the European Union.

The unique thing about our country is that we don't get behind politicians, politicians get behind us.

It's a uniquely American thing that we as individuals not relying on government but we as individuals pitch in to make our communities better.

The proudest citizen of Aberdeen, Plymouth, Coleraine or Wrexham can also take huge pride in being part of the United Kingdom.

I'm proud to pay taxes in the United States; the only thing is, I could be just as proud for half the money.

The President of the United States should strive to be always mindful of the fact that he serves his party best who serves his country best.