Citizenship Quotes · Page 6

Birth on U.S. territory has never been an absolute claim to citizenship.

— Phyllis Schlafly

[Donald] Trump is right when he says Ted Cruz citizenship has never been litigated!

— Donald Trump

I am a citizen, not of Athens, or Greece, but of the world.

— Socrates

If knowledge does not bring money, the book is its place, not the brain.

— Ilkin Santak

Love of country is the Mason's deed; world citizenship is his thought.

— Benjamin Franklin

The14th Amendment does not require birthright citizenship. It doesn't mention it.

— Rush Limbaugh

I have applied for Israeli citizenship, which makes playing overseas a bit easier.

— Sue Bird

Citizenship means standing up for the lives that gun violence steals from us each day.

— Barack Obama

The old generations have thrown themselves into the abyss between the generations... to be resurrected among the young generations!

— Ilkin Santak

The efforts of governments alone will never be enough. In the end, the people must choose and the people must help themselves.

— John F. Kennedy

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

— Richard Thaler

The true purpose of education is to prepare young men and women for effective citizenship in a free form of government.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

At its most basic the democratic contract is a simple one: the right to vote comes with a responsibility to society, through…

— Lucy Powell

[There are] seven gifts God gives you when you commit your life to Christ: a new relationship, a new citizenship, a new…

— Billy Graham

I'd rather see the United States as a beacon of good work and good citizenship, rather than as #1 on some international…

— Howard Gardner

We need to discuss the basis of a new form of trust built on a meaningful form of citizenship appropriate for a…

— Michael D. Higgins

When Franklin drew the lightning from the clouds, he little dreamed that in the evolution of science his discovery would illuminate the…

— Chauncey Depew

We watched the U.S. citizenship immigration services web site in March. They had six million, two hundred thousand hits, and two million…

— Luis Gutierrez

“The Angel (in Joshua) declared that he was born leader and indicated that he was in the army of the Lord. The…

— Dennis Garvin

“Citizenship is a way of being in the world rooted in the knowledge that I am a member of a vast community…

— Parker J. Palmer

It gives me the greatest pleasure to say, as I do from the bottom of my heart, that never in the history…

— William Howard Taft

Every man among us is more fit to meet the duties and responsibilities of citizenship because of the perils over which, in…

— Theodore Roosevelt

No matter who you are, do not be a fanatic. Do not be a fanatic neither religious, nor ideological, nor political, neither…

— Ilkin Santak

I'm not opposed to letting people work and labor in our country, but we shouldn't provide an easy route to citizenship. We're…

— Rand Paul

I am committed to writing appropriate books for the middle grades. This means no bad language, no gratuitous or explicit violence, and…

— Rick Riordan

“This citizenship was quite literal and conveyed enormous privileges. The universities of Germany were, and I use the past tense with sorrow,…

— Kathrine Kressmann Taylor

Yes, our greatness as a nation has depended on individual initiative, on a belief in the free market. But it has also…

— Barack Obama

That until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned: That until there…

— Haile Selassie

Can we drop a little bit of the pious baloney? The fact is, you ran in '94 and lost. That's why you…

— Newt Gingrich

Having my Canadian citizenship is a blessing at this time, and there's a part of me that feels very much one foot…

— Tei Shi

I favor a form of cosmopolitanism that takes nations very seriously, particularly because of the role of national law in sustaining or,…

— Kwame Anthony Appiah

We have talked about revoking French citizenship for some individuals. Therefore, I have decided to apply for citizenship, which in a way…

— Tariq Ramadan

The grossest insult is crumbled before the gentlest irony.

— Ilkin Santak

Good government is no substitute for self-government.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Diogenes, when asked from what country he came, replied, "I am a citizen of the world

— Anonymous

When were the good and the brave ever in a majority?

— Henry David Thoreau

Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts.

— Ilkin Santak

Talking about freedom in the country where people are afraid of losing their jobs is absurdity.

— Ilkin Santak

The lack of cultural segregation leads to degradation.

— Ilkin Santak

You are your own temple and you find tranquility being confined to yourself.

— Ilkin Santak