Quotes About Citizenship

Our immigration system is a broken system that needs to be fixed. We need reform that provides hardworking people of good character with a real path towards citizenship.

To blend, without coercion, the individual good and the common good is the essence of citizenship in a free country.

The first goal and primary function of the U.S. public school is not to educate good people, but good citizens. It is the function which we call - in enemy nations - 'state indoctrination.'

The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight.

Good government is the outcome of private virtue.

It's a good thing we don't get all the government we pay for.

Of course, Americans have no monopoly of patriotic enthusiasm and good faith.

Each one must do his part if we wish to show that the nation is worthy of its good fortune.

For me, it's good fortune to be between two cultures. Growing up in Germany taught me a lot. I am a world citizen. Today I can adapt well no matter where I am. Even when it's not always easy.

I believe that engaging in the political process is part of being a good person.

The good will of the governed will be starved if not fed by the good deeds of the governors.

In the United States, if you buy a property and you're a good citizen, and you improve that property, what do they do to you? They tax you more. So they penalize you for good behavior.

I would not be interested in writing if I didn't feel that what I wrote was an act of good citizenship or an attempt, at any rate, to be a good citizen.

My country has been very good to me; I must be good to my country.

Our leaders will serve the common good with better laws and better actions only when we serve it first, by casting better votes.

It is not good enough to say, "Well, hey, I vote every two years. I vote every four years." That's fine, but that is not good enough.

We're just trying to figure out what being a good citizen is, what participating in a democracy is, what taking responsibility for being an American citizen in a global context means to us.

I was the one that got him [Barack Obama] to produce the birth certificate. And I think I did a good job.

The good news is, President Obama was born in America. The bad news is, so was Donald Trump.

I think people have good ideas on this. Clearly, we need to secure the border. Coming here legally needs to be a lot easier than coming here illegally.

The common good is the notion of shared collective responsibility and reciprocity. It's that that we've lost.

It is an observation of one of the profoundest inquirers into human affairs that a revolution of government is the strongest proof that can be given by a people of their virtue and good sense.

It is true that legality is not morality, and sticking to the law is necessary for good citizenship, but it is not sufficient.

I don't think of myself as either American or Australian really, I'm a true hybrid. It's a good thing for me because both of them are really good countries.