Alone Quote by Anand Giridharadas

Birthright citizenship in America is part of something larger: The American longing to sever from history, to be a place of new beginnings.

— Anand Giridharadas

The American birthright belongs, potentially, to everyone. This is unprecedented. Other countries accept migrants on the basis of economic necessity or as a humanitarian…

— Bret Stephens

On the other hand, the vast majority of all westernized countries, including every single European country along with Israel and Japan, do not offer…

— Nathan Deal

For a country founded on the idea that rights are inalienable and inherent from birth, we’ve developed a high tolerance for conditional rights and…

— Matt Taibbi

An America where every person, no matter their race, their disability or their sexual orientation realizes the full promise of equality that is our…

— Bernie Sanders

Why should citizenship be a matter of birth? The premise held by those who want to end birthright citizenship is that some people deserve…

— Eric Liu

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

— Rush Limbaugh

Citizenship is the right to have rights.

— Earl Warren

[American Citizenship] captures the enduring idea that this country only works when we accept certain obligations to one another and to future generations

— Barack Obama

Therefore every person born within the United States, its territories or districts, whether the parents are citizens or aliens, is a natural born citizen…

— William Rawle

Freedom is our birthright.

— Byron Katie

What makes America special is that people come here, assimilate and become American with all of the rights and responsibilities citizenship bestows.

— Zoe Lofgren