Black Quote by Frederick Douglass

Citizenship is the right to have rights.

— Earl Warren

The next time someone uses denial of citizenship as a weapon or brandishes the special status conferred upon him by the accident of birth,…

— Eric Liu

Rights of true citizenship accrue only to those who serve the State to which they belong.

— Mahatma Gandhi

But simply someone who broke the law, came here, say, 'I'll give you citizenship now,' that I don't think is going to happen.

— Bob Goodlatte

“The question is simply this: Can a negro, whose ancestors were imported into this country, and sold as slaves, become a member of the…

— Allen C. Guelzo

Citizenship means standing up for the lives that gun violence steals from us each day.

— Barack Obama

Any way, any form necessary to defend himself; Negro should reserve the right to do that just the same as others have the right…

— Malcolm X

I think Col. North is first a U.S. citizen and he has the same rights as you yourself do, sir.

— Fawn Hall

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…

— Eric Liu

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

— Phyllis Schlafly

Think of the undying glory that hangs around the ancient name of Africa and forget not that you are native-born American citizens, and as…

— Henry Highland Garnet

Whether we start with a provisional status and legal permanent residence... or we set up some other way to assimilate legally, you can't ever…

— Jeff Denham