Quotes About Citizenship

We cannot be mere consumers of good governance, we must be participants; we must be co-creators.

We cannot allow the indiscriminate entry of all those who come here only because they wanted to come.

We cannot imagine democracies without a vibrant civil society.

This is a country for, of, and by the people not for, of, and by the government. If we turn it over to them we cannot complain about what they're doing because this is a natural course of men and we have to hold their feet to the fire.

We cannot keep the Jewish state without being a democratic state.

These immigrants have come to our country and blatantly disregarded our laws. We cannot, we should not, reward that. No amnesty. No ability to vote. Get those borders secure, and then deal with that situation.

We cannot have a separate group of people that are military and a separate civilian society. Otherwise, it's dangerous to democracy.

We cannot have this porous border, where people come in and out; we don't know who they are.

We cannot sustain illegal immigration in perpetuity. It will not work for our country.

It was a weak spot in any nation to have a large body of disaffected people within its confusion.

Industrial capitalism brought representative democracy, but with a weak public mandate and inert citizenry. The digital age offers a new democracy based on public deliberation and active citizenship.

A nation is the same people living in the same place.

A Canadian is a Canadian is a Canadian. And you devalue the citizenship of every Canadian in this place and in this country when you break down and make it conditional for anyone.

I plan on becoming an American citizen and bringing over my family.

As Democrats, we believe in giving every eligible citizen the opportunity to vote - whether it's early because they can't take off work on Election Day or absentee because they might have plans to be out of town.

As a responsible citizen and a role model to a certain section of people, I need to use every available platform to reach out to the impressionable sections of our country.

I've learned a long time ago if you don't have anything to hide, you shouldn't be pleading the Fifth, and most Americans get it.

I like being a foreigner. For me, to live in California is very pleasant - I'm more comfortable not feeling a part of everything, not feeling responsible for the government or the roads or the health system.

Please continue to voice your beliefs, as your participation is the foundation of our country's democracy.

Every day in school, we said the pledge to the flag, 'with liberty and justice for all,' and I believed all that.

The Pledge of Allegiance says, 'liberty and justice for all'.

Let's do more than say the 'Pledge of Allegiance.' Let us live it!

If you've never seen people taking the pledge of allegiance for the first time as U.S. Citizens, it will move you: a room full of people who can really appreciate what I was lucky enough to grow up with, simply by being born in Brooklyn.

There are plenty of Muslims who live faithfully in the United States.