Quotes About Citizenship

He didn't explain how, but then again, no one does. They just say it's your patriotic duty and everyone kind of goes along with it.

No one should believe those who surround "the ballot box with obstacles and sinuosities . . . intended to . . . defeat . . . the elective franchise.

Our government may at some time be in the hands of a bad man. When in the hands of a good man it is all well enough. . . . We ought to have our government so shaped that even when in the hands of a bad man we shall be safe."24

All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges and immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

Constitutioon

I am a citizen as well as an individual soul and one of the things citizenship teaches us, over the long stretch, is that there is no perfectibility in human affairs.

has never been hard for me to pay my taxes because I understand it to be the repaying of a large, in fact, an almost incalculable, debt.

As citizens and children of India - whether we live at home or abroad - we must ask ourselves how we can add to our country's pride.

When you become an American, they give you an injection so your accent changes.

In America, you're just an American. You're accepted. It doesn't matter that you're of whatever race. If anything, I'm British, and that's it. So let's just get on with it, really.

The better-informed we are, the more we can do to make sure what's happening is in our interests and is accountable to us.

It takes time for people to understand how to hold leaders accountable.

I adopted England as least as much as England adopted me.

I'm a proud American all day, every day.

I don't really feel an allegiance to any of the countries I have lived in, even though I feel like part of them, and part of them is in me.

I really don't feel any strong allegiance to any country.

I just think that all of us in this room should have a voice in how the USA is represented. And he don't allow us our voice, that's all I'm saying.

I'm very American.

The misgovernment of the American people is misgovernment by the American people.

What does Washington experience have to do with meeting the needs of the American people?

In Washington, it's often easy to go to work, get lost in the process, and forget why we're here every day. The reason we're here is to serve the American people.

The anchor baby situation has got to stop.

It is no longer appropriate for me as an American to sit by and expect my government to get it done.

I want to serve my country, but not necessarily in the political arena.