Quotes About Citizenship

The way forward is not simply to make corporations more accountable or to set up regulative bureaucracies; it is not even a matter of recognizing full citizenship for the 'coloured', 'elderly', 'disabled', 'women', or 'queer' through liberal pluralist policy. Likewise, the conservation of a few 'pristine' patches of nature at the margins of urban capitalism will have little effect on the collapse of biodiversity.

Anybody, no matter who they were, could come right off the boat and get more rights and respect than amerikan-born Blacks.

Nowadays, everybody fancies himself an expert in government and wants to have a say.

Those who abhors democracy would rarely immigrate to an authoritarian state if they have to.

It is not a coincidence that we have managed to send rockets into space, but our literacy rate continues to be below the world average. It is because governments don't want an educated electorate. Because if we get educated, we will start asking the right questions. And they don't want the right questions being asked.

I would prefer to be a citizen of an independent country rather than Emperor of an enslaved one.

I'm not part of the friends-and-family club; I'm not part of the pay-to-play club; I'm not looking to get re-elected. I'm not looking to go to another office and fill my campaign coffers. I don't need any friends in Albany except the people of the state.

New states were supposed to join the union when they reached a certain population, but in the late 19th century, population mattered a great deal less than partisanship.

I have been a Republican since I came to this country, fleeing communism when I was eight years old and Ronald Reagan was president.

Our borders have got to be secured. You know, when President Reagan, who was one of my idols, granted amnesty to about three million illegal immigrants, it was based on the fact that the borders would be secured. That didn't happen. It didn't happen during the Bush administration.

We all should be concerned if our kids don't know who Sandra Day O'Connor, John Adams, and Ronald Reagan are.

Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.

The real problem is clean up the bureaucracy that people have to deal with to become a citizen the right way. And we must truly secure the border. We can't leave it porous.

When all is said and done, the greatest satisfaction you'll have in this life as you grow old will be seeing your children grow in righteousness and faith and goodness as citizens of the society of which they are a part.

Politics is a process, and there has to be a continual conversation between those who govern and those who give their consent to be governed.

In a democratic set-up, people who are being governed should also be a part of the governing system. They should be drafted into the governance.

If governments want to encourage good citizenship, they should try making the desired behavior more fun.

I don't care if it's a dollar or two dollars. If I'm governor, people should have skin in the game.

Every day, I think, by the grace of God, I'm here, blessed to be a U.S. citizen, but I could have just as easily been a Dreamer too.

We live in a great country. It's time again to get religion about it.

But the reason America is a great country, the reason is because our compassion is in our laws. And when we live by those laws and we treat everybody equally under the law, that's when people feel good about being Americans.

I love this country. I love being a citizen. I believe we are the greatest country in the world.

Every night at dinner, my father would say something about the greatness of the United States - and tell us to make sure the government is there for the next people who come along and need it.

I'm Canadian, and I'm here on a green card, so I feel like what would scare me most is that I would be deported.