Quotes About Citizenship

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.

Not only does the giving of coins to orphans rob them of their self-respect and Juche Spirit, it violates a central rule of good citizenship: Practice Self-Sufficiency.

Morgan argued that the attitude of the free people of color toward the United States depended on the policy of the government toward them: "They may be made good citizens or formidable abettors of the black people.

Decisi per ciò di tornare a lavorare in qualche cantiere. Nel mio intimo sorse la domanda: costoro sono forse uomini degni di appartenere a un grande popolo? Mi pareva che la massa di coloro i quali non si possono più calcolare come appartenenti alla Nazione si gonfiasse fino a diventare un esercito

Black people are expected to be passive citizens, good immigrants, mute and grateful.

My passport's green.

I feel French, beyond the passport.

Having a United States passport has been an incredible asset, and I hope that will continue to be the case.

Although I hold a German passport, I feel very much alienated when I'm there.

I'm not super-patriotic, but the U.S. is where I live, and it's the passport that I carry.

I have a British passport, but the rest of my family have Indian passports, and I am Indian.

I have a British and an American passport.

I became an American citizen three years ago, and if I'd been arrested, maybe that wouldn't have happened. That was a very proud moment, by the way. I still have my Irish passport, but becoming an American citizen was important in terms of my family.

You can have Irish identity in the north and also have your Irish passport.

I have an American passport, but I don't always remember I'm an American citizen.

I got my first passport in 1989, when I was 28.

I am just grateful I have a British passport and a country here.

Anyone who's gotten their passport in America will tell you, when you get it, it still says what country you were born in. So I remember getting my American passport. I was like, 'Woo-hoo! I'm going to travel.' And I opened it up. It said, 'Born in Iran.' I'm like, 'Oh, come on, man!'

I'm happy being Canadian and I'm proud of where I come from. So I'll keep my passport.

In becoming a citizen, one undertakes certain duties and responsibilities. One of the more intangible of those duties and responsibilities is no matter what one's birth and background, to accept the historical past of the new country as one's own.

I do not favor or support, nor will I vote for, a pathway to citizenship for people that are here who've broken the law. I would support - after we have developed a secure border - a mechanism for allowing those folks to work here in America... Everything that we should do should be based on good, sound policy and what's right for America.

There should be a pathway to citizenship - not a special pathway and not no pathway.

The fact is this is a great country because we've always embraced immigrants. The fact is we have every right to enforce our borders and to protect them, but we also need to provide a pathway for citizenship.

I will join the fight for the DREAM Act that will create a pathway to citizenship for our Dreamers.