American citizen Quote by Emily Mortimer

Because there was a pathway to citizenship that allowed me to secure legal status, I had the unbridled chance to work hard and build…

— Alejandro Mayorkas

I am a naturalized U.S. citizen, which means that, unlike native-born citizens, I had to prove to the U.S. government that I merited citizenship.

— Bharati Mukherjee

It was a really big deal to become an American citizen the right way. You have to work really hard, and it is such…

— Camila Alves

I'm not an American citizen, but I live in this country and eventually want to become an American citizen because I love this country…

— Rob Halford

If you want to be part of the American country, then do it legally.

— Kris Kobach

One of the reasons I decided to apply for American citizenship after something like a quarter of century of living here on a British,…

— Christopher Hitchens

I am very happy to be an American. I realize what a valuable inheritance that is.

— Anand Giridharadas

Just to pile up money for my own sake, I just can't view that as good citizenship.

— Walter Annenberg

Millions of us, myself included, go back generations in this country, with ancestors who put in the painstaking work to become citizens. So we…

— Barack Obama

I was fortunate enough to be an American citizen by birth and I have the birth certificate to prove it.

— Raul Labrador

I am a legal immigrant whose parents went from Russia to China to Chile to finally reach the United States and thereby give me…

— Mike Medavoy

I wanted to be a citizen of the world but not in a superficial way.

— Robert Fulghum