Quotes About Citizenship

A republic, if you can keep it.

A Republic Madam...if you can keep it.

There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government.

Jefferson thought schools would produce free men: we prove him right by putting dropouts in jail.

Civil marriage, like all civil rights provided by the government, must be provided equally to all Americans.

Democracy is what we do here and now, and not what somebody else does for us, later, when they get into the seats of power.

We must pass immigration reform.

We need to reform our immigration system from top to bottom and make sure our country is not only safer for, but also more inclusive of, immigrants.

It is important that we enact immigration reform.

I'm for immigration reform. I think the system's horribly broken, and we need to do something about it.

It's clear that we need comprehensive immigration reform.

Comprehensive immigration reform would reduce the deficit and help grow the economy.

America deserves common sense immigration reform that reflects our interests and our values as Americans.

I still passionately support comprehensive immigration reform legislation with a path to full and equal citizenship.

If immigration reform doesn't happen, that doesn't say good things about our democracy, that everybody wants it, but Congress couldn't pass it.

We can't get serious about immigration reform until we stop people from crossing the border illegally.

We can pass practical, comprehensive immigration reform.

Comprehensive immigration reform should be debated and passed by Congress.

I want immigration reform to come into fruition, and I want it to be comprehensive, and I want it to have a path to citizenship, and I want to be involved politically every day.

I think people want immigration reform. I think people want to see a path for citizenship. I don't think we as a country want to discuss this in the way we do. I don't think we want to separate families. I don't think that's part of our values.

We need to have comprehensive immigration reform and that means there should be a path for citizenship. And certainly I support the DREAM Act to help all of these young people who were brought here.

In 1995, the Clinton Administration reached an agreement with Cuban government that any refugee caught at sea would be sent back to Cuba while any refugee who reaches the United States shores would be allowed to begin the process to citizenship after one year.

By what right do you refuse to accept the vote of a citizen of the United States?

My father loved democracy. He loved the ancient Greeks because they invented democracy, and he shared their contempt for those who refused to participate in the political process.