Citizenship Quotes
448 Citizenship quotes by 261 unique authors
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On the other hand, the vast majority of all westernized countries, including every single European country along with Israel and Japan, do not offer birthright…
— Nathan Deal
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Why should there not be a European group which could give a sense of enlarged patriotism and common citizenship to the distracted peoples of this…
— Winston Churchill
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A citizenship of wholesale delegation and abdication to public and private power systems, such as prevails now, makes such periodic checks as elections little more…
— Ralph Nader
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In the midst of wanton aggression, we still call upon the Arab inhabitants of the State of Israel to return to the ways of peace…
— David Ben-Gurion
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Through the years I have received my share of recognition for efforts in the fields of sports, the arts, the struggle for full citizenship for…
— Paul Robeson
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Suffrage is a common right of citizenship. Women have the right of suffrage. Logically it cannot be escaped.
— Victoria Woodhull
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"Be the change you want to see in the world"...and, if you can't be that change, then either get out of the way of the…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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We can still find middle ground, truly secure our borders, deal with those already here and address our labor needs. But those who advocate giving…
— John Shadegg
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That until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned: That until there are no longer…
— Haile Selassie
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The mandate I have received and for which I will speak with heart and head to implement over the next seven years had its four…
— Michael D. Higgins
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Jordan is the only Arab state that has provided citizenship to Palestinian refugees and integrated them. But something has to be done about the Palestinians…
— Walter Russell Mead
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I have dual citizenship; I would be happy to go to England. I would be very happy to go to America.
— John McAfee
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Over the years, dozens of American companies have filed papers to trade in their U.S. corporate citizenship for citizenship in tax haven countries like Bermuda.
— Richard Neal
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The Jewish people as a whole will be its own Messiah. It will attain world domination by the dissolution of other races...and by the establishment…
— Karl Marx
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You want to defend citizenship? Don't persecute or isolate those without papers. Just live like a citizen. That'd be a first-class way to be American.
— Eric Liu
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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…
— Lucy Powell
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Can we drop a little bit of the pious baloney? The fact is, you ran in '94 and lost. That's why you weren't serving in…
— Newt Gingrich
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Industrial capitalism brought representative democracy, but with a weak public mandate and inert citizenry. The digital age offers a new democracy based on public deliberation…
— Don Tapscott
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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 new…
— Dennis Kucinich
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What makes America special is that people come here, assimilate and become American with all of the rights and responsibilities citizenship bestows.
— Zoe Lofgren
Who Wrote These Citizenship Quotes
261 authors contributed a total of 448 Citizenship Quotes, led by these top contributors: