Quotes About Citizenship

I wish I could be proud of being an Israeli citizen, but how can I do that when I'm not really recognized as a full citizen?

For us, driving is not what we are looking for, but being in the driver's seat of our only destiny. That means ending guardianship in Saudi Arabia, which means recognizing women as full citizens.

We are a country of immigrants who have built this great nation, but it is legal immigration that we should be recognizing and encouraging.

When Coach Mike Brey at Notre Dame was recruiting me, he was like, 'There will be Irish on the front of the jersey; and Irish on the back of the jersey.' But no one actually knows I am a citizen over there.

Neoliberalism is hard to define. It could refer to intensified resource extraction, financialization, austerity, or something more ephemeral - a way of life - in which collective ideals of citizenship give way to marketized individualism and consumerism.

Since the E.U. referendum I've been keen to know more and be a bit more active. It highlighted how important politics is to our lives.

During his public life, Barack Obama has often referred to his biracial background and itinerant childhood and has said, 'In no other country on Earth is my story even possible.' True.

Please, please, stop referring to yourselves as 'consumers.' OK? Consumers are different than citizens. Consumers do not have obligations, responsibilities and duties to their fellow human beings.

I'm definitely an American, because I grew up here. But I've lived very happily in Britain.

I have dual citizenship; I would be happy to go to England. I would be very happy to go to America.

I'm a happy person but an angry citizen.

I fully recognize we need to improve the path to citizenship, just as we need to value the hard work of folks who become American citizens legally.

Blacks should feel fortunate to be citizens of this country. We are blessed, not enslaved, and those who say otherwise are enslaved only by their own hatred.

Like my fellow citizens in Hawaii, I am a proud American.

I am an American in every fiber of my body and in every heartbeat.

'Self-deport?' What the heck does that mean?

We should all be able to have faith that our governments are working in our best interests - and if they aren't, then they should be challenged and held to account.

What the hell is a Republican? What the hell is a Democrat? I don't care. I've always urged people to make sure you vote for the right guy.

There's so many Chinese or Asian Americans that were either born in another country like I was and raised in America or born in America and raised in America. They're normal Americans, and they just happen to have a different heritage.

I think everybody's political. The act of being alive is political. Unless you choose to be a hermit, you're automatically political because you're part of a community.

If Barack Obama weren't a U.S. citizen, I'm sure Bill and Hillary Clinton would have figured that out by now.

People took politics seriously in those days. They used to begin storing up rotten eggs weeks before an election.

I ask you to seek a common good beyond your comfort; to defend needed reforms against easy attacks; to serve your nation, beginning with your neighbor.

Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations.