Top 621 Citizenship Quotes & Sayings - Page 3
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Last updated on September 19, 2024.
We all need to call upon our lawmakers to create a path to citizenship for hard-working, law-abiding undocumented people and their families.
Birthright citizenship in America is part of something larger: The American longing to sever from history, to be a place of new beginnings.
Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the Constitution grants Congress clear jurisdiction with regard to U.S. citizenship and immigration matters.
A republic is not an easy form of government to live under, and when the responsibility of citizenship is evaded, democracy decays and authoritarianism takes over.
When you single out any particular group of people for secondary citizenship status, that's a violation of basic human rights.
I was an extreme leftist-anarchist. Now, I guess I'm a European socialist who's locked into American citizenship, without complaint.
When it comes to granting unconditional birthright citizenship, the United States and Canada are alone in the industrialized world: North American exceptionalism, you can call it.
If governments want to encourage good citizenship, they should try making the desired behavior more fun.
We've found that service learning builds life skills, leadership and a sense of global citizenship that makes helping a lifelong habit.
Freedom includes the right to say what others may object to and resent... The essence of citizenship is to be tolerant of strong and provocative words.
The real breeders of discontent and alien doctrines of government and philosophies subversive of good citizenship are such as these who take the law into their own hands.
Good citizenship and defending democracy means living up to the ideals and values that make this country great.
If we accept the logic of the Declaration, reverence for God is not just a matter of religious faith, it is the foundation of justice and citizenship in our republic.
Literacy unlocks the door to learning throughout life, is essential to development and health, and opens the way for democratic participation and active citizenship.
And we wonder what can be that 'philosophy of education' which believes that young people can be trained to the duties of citizenship by wrapping their minds in cotton wool.
Arizona is in the midst of a fiscal crisis. We've cut school funding. And they pass a bill questioning Obama's citizenship? For real?
[American Citizenship] captures the enduring idea that this country only works when we accept certain obligations to one another and to future generations
Yes, Europe needs to be more welcoming, but that's only half of it. Muslims need to embrace the obligations of European residence and citizenship.
Allowing illegal immigrants that are gang members and criminals with COVID to enter the U.S. and receive citizenship is a slap in the face to the American people and the rule of law.
Whenever I have asked something from God and worked hard for it, I have always got it, be it my Indian citizenship or my weight loss.
It's not the physical location of birth that defines citizenship, but whether your parents are citizens, and the express or implied consent to jurisdiction of the sovereign.
I think what happened during the Great Depression was that African Americans understood that Republicans championed citizenship and voting rights but they became impatient for economic emancipation.
I will fight every single day to pass comprehensive immigration-reform legislation with a path to citizenship.
Citizenship is a tough occupation which obliges the citizen to make his own informed opinion and stand by it.
I now have Croatian citizenship, but I only accepted it because Croatia allowed me to keep my Russian passport.
Along with voting, jury duty, and paying taxes, goofing off is one of the central obligations of American citizenship.
I do feel, in a sense, the rules of engagement for citizenship has changed, and we must encourage other people to speak up and to take action.
Health care in Denmark is universal, free of charge and high quality. Everybody is covered as a right of citizenship.
In the U.S., those requesting a Green Card must take an oath that they will fulfill the rights and duties of citizenship.
Singapore and China, which don't want to encourage democratic citizenship, are expanding their humanities curricula. These reforms are all about developing a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship.
Hospitals must provide emergency treatment to all who walk through the door, regardless of their citizenship status or ability to pay.
The old emphasis upon superficial differences that separate peoples must give way to education for citizenship in the human community.
There is no contradiction between the fact that Israel has full personal equality of citizenship but extends national rights only to the Jewish people.
Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag -if they do, they must be consequences -perhaps loss of citizenship or year in a jail.
At its most basic the democratic contract is a simple one: the right to vote comes with a responsibility to society, through tax payments and citizenship.
Rahul Gandhi cannot be a prime minister because he is a citizen of Britain, and his Indian citizenship will be cancelled; he won't even be an MP.
No other country on earth could have provided such tremendous opportunities and we should never take the privilege of our citizenship for granted.
Defending birthright citizenship is about being on the right side of liberty. The 14th Amendment is a great legacy of the Republican Party.
When it comes to fighting for citizenship that many people take for granted, there isn't anyone I would not talk to. When it comes to immigration, there isn't any question I will not answer.
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.
I think what he [Donald Trump] has said is that people are not going to be eligible for legalization or citizenship unless they leave the country and get back in line.
There is nothing beyond the reach of ordinary citizens doing the daily work of democracy, and no problem too great to tackle with the power of active citizenship.
Once we lose our border protection, the road to citizenship, voting and welfare benefits for a flood of new immigrants will be all but paved.
The true purpose of education is to prepare young men and women for effective citizenship in a free form of government.
Government health care changes the relationship between the citizen and the state, and, in fact, I think it's an assault on citizenship.
I have no plans to seek asylum in the U.S. or elsewhere. I have not thought about citizenship. I love my country, the only problem I have is with the government.
Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag - if they do, there must be consequences - perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail!
I am a naturalized U.S. citizen, which means that, unlike native-born citizens, I had to prove to the U.S. government that I merited citizenship.
Bernie Sanders supports offering a pathway to citizenship for immigrants already in the U.S. and halting deportations for almost 9 million hardworking undocumented fathers and mothers.
I may have made a mistake in renouncing my Canadian citizenship, which I have never ceased to promise to try to regain.
I want to enable the Windrush generation to acquire the status that they deserve - British citizenship - quickly, at no cost, and with proactive assistance through the process.
During the Great Depression African Americans understood that Republicans championed citizenship and voting rights, but they became impatient for economic emancipation.
Citizenship is no light trifle to be jeopardized any moment Congress decides to do so under the name of one of its general or implied grants of power.
Play with Spain? I think that's already closed, but even so, I opt for France because I'm French. I don't have dual citizenship, and I'm not going to ask for it.
I strongly support not just citizenship classes but also teaching children how the law works and the many ways it affects their lives.
When millions of law-abiding people achieve citizenship, our communities benefit, and the U.S. economy grows and strengthens.
There can be a debate on the Citizenship Amendment Act, but why should we shelter someone who has come to India illegally from outside?
I have always found it jarring to encounter people born and raised in, say, Switzerland, who are denied its citizenship and still considered Algerians or Turks.
Part of comprehensive immigration reform is not just the path to citizenship for undocumented workers, but also the ability for families to be together.
Each and every student deserves equitable access to a quality public education that prepares them for college, career, and citizenship.
