Accepting Quote by Barack Obama

Someone described this willingness to look out for one another as the American way. But its only if we make it so. The cardinal…

— ERIC LIUfounder Of Citizen University On Cnncom

“At its best, citizenship finds an equilibrium between two essential ingredients -- that of rights and that of duties. When the idea of citizenship…

— Jim Stockdale

Citizenship is the chance to make a difference to the place where you belong.

— Charles Handy

Citizenship is an attitude, a state of mind, an emotional conviction that the whole is greater than the part...and that the part should be…

— Robert A. Heinlein

Citizenship means every four years you put a mark somewhere and you go home and let other guys run the world. It's a very…

— Noam Chomsky

What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility - a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have…

— Barack Obama

Ours is an open and accepting society, and has historically provided an avenue for lawful immigration to all those willing to accept the responsibilities…

— Spencer Bachus

In a world of inhumanity, war and terrorism, American citizenship is a very precious possession.

— Phyllis Schlafly

One of the revelations in that book [Lincoln in the Bardo] for me was this idea about citizenship. Even that word - citizenship -…

— George Saunders

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

Citizenship to me is more than a piece of paper. Citizenship is also about character. I am an American. We're just waiting for our…

— Jose Antonio Vargas

As citizen-activists the world over merge, they can become an irresistible force to create peace and protect the planet. From here will come a…

— Dennis Kucinich