Quotes About Citizenship

France was the first country in Europe to grant Jews the full rights of citizenship without qualification. Their position was further enhanced by Napoleon, according to whom Judaism was a religion, not a nationality. So long as French Jews regarded it only as a religion and gave their loyalty to France, they ought to be granted full

It was always somebody's turn. The Irish, the Italians, the Jews, the Negroes or Chinese or Mexicans. A great wheel of bigotry, ever turning. Who got to decide what made somebody an American? America, the ideal of it at least, was its own form of elusive magic.

Vigilantes who executed some of the most vicious and ignoble acts of lawless brutality in U.S. history nevertheless considered those very acts to be the work of citizenship and in many cases elicited wide popular approval.

Suddenly the following came: "All German nationals residing in the precincts of Paris, men and women alike, and all persons between the ages of seventeen and fifty-five who were born in Germany but are without German citizenship, are to report for internment.

My secretary was interned though she was of Swiss citizenship, and her sister, though a British subject.

Even French mothers of French soldiers were interned if they had been born in Germany or were wives of Germans resident in France.

...every man shares the responsibility and the guilt of the society to which he belongs.

Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society.

There is a golden thread which runs through British history of the individual, standing firm against tyranny and then of the individual participating in his society

Ours is an open and accepting society, and has historically provided an avenue for lawful immigration to all those willing to accept the responsibilities of citizenship.

A nation, as a society, forms a moral person, and every member of it is personally responsible for his society.

If we want to produce people who share the values of a democratic culture, they must be taught those values and not be left to acquire them by chance.

I grew up in a dictatorship, so I really appreciate democracy. I think democracy isn't just a random thing that's around - a democratic society needs the involvement of everybody.

the qualifications for self-government in society are not innate. they are the result of habit and long training.

Full participation in government and society has been a basic right of the country symbolizing the full citizenship and equal protection of all.

Loyalty in a free society depends upon the toleration of disloyalty.

As we embrace the American dream and the freedoms it represents, we must also ensure that those who wish to enjoy those freedoms become a part of our society and learn to speak our language.

The idea is quite unfounded that on entering into society we give up any natural rights.

In a democracy, society must recognize that the individual has rights which are guaranteed, and the individual must recognize that he has responsibilities which are not to be evaded.

We either live or die based on how we live in cities, and our society is either going to be great or not based on how we perform as creatures of the city.

The average American has separated his private life from his existence as a member of his society, and leaves that to the specialists in the government to take care of.

Because I am a deep believer in the civil society, I think we should be prepared to pay the consequences of breaking the law and that is either paying the penalty for it, or leaving the country.

A mature society understands that at the heart of democracy is argument.

I never had secure, belonging feelings with this society [in China].