Citizenship Quotes

448 Citizenship quotes by 261 unique authors

If the money is raised by taxation, then the burden will fall where it ought to fall, . . . and the rich and stingy… — Robert Green Ingersoll
Fortunately or otherwise we live at a time when the average individual has to know several times as much in order to keep informed as… — Norman Cousins
For Indigenous Australians, equal rights and citizenship have not always translated into full participation in Australian society. All Indigenous Australians have only been counted in… — Jackie Huggins
Once let the black man get upon his person the brass letter, U.S., let him get an eagle on his button, and a musket on… — Frederick Douglass
As a private person, I have a passion for landscape, and I have never seen one improved by a billboard. Where every prospect pleases, man… — David Ogilvy
Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary for efficient citizenship as the ability to read and write! — H.G. Wells
When business leaders ask me what they can do for Indiana, I always reply: 'Make money. Go make money. That's the first act of corporate… — Mitch Daniels
There is something inherently wrong, something out of accord with the ideals of representative democracy, when one portion of our citizenship turns its activities to… — Warren G. Harding
A hastily written "Civil Rights Act" was rushed through Congress. President Andrew Johnson immediately vetoed it, noting that the right to confer citizenship rested with… — Eustace Mullins
Becoming a resident of a state may confer the right to get a driver's license, but it does not and should not confer citizenship. — Phyllis Schlafly
Birth on U.S. territory has never been an absolute claim to citizenship. — Phyllis Schlafly
In a world of inhumanity, war and terrorism, American citizenship is a very precious possession. — Phyllis Schlafly
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… — Henry Steele Commager
Government health care changes the relationship between the citizen and the state, and, in fact, I think it's an assault on citizenship. — Mark Steyn
Business owners have made a strong case to me that they need guest workers. But none has suggested that these workers should be placed on… — John Shadegg
Nothing could be more insulting to me than the concept of civil rights. It means perpetual second-class citizenship for me and my kind. — James Meredith
There are an awful lot of people who despise government precisely because it opened the door for common citizenship for people of all races and… — Taylor Branch
Canada is destined to be one of the great nations of the world and Canadian women must be ready for citizenship. — Nellie L. McClung
The notion of human right builds on our shared humanity. These rights are not derived from the citizenship of any country, or the membership of… — Amartya Sen
Bohemia is nothing more than the little country in which you do not live. If you try to obtain citizenship in it, at once the… — O. Henry

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