Birth Quote by Matt Taibbi

Citizenship is the right to have rights.

— Earl Warren

When it comes to granting unconditional birthright citizenship, the United States and Canada are alone in the industrialized world: North American exceptionalism, you can…

— Anand Giridharadas

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

Why should citizenship be a matter of birth? The premise held by those who want to end birthright citizenship is that some people deserve…

— Eric Liu

Tolerance and human rights require each other.

— Simon Wiesenthal

[American Citizenship] captures the enduring idea that this country only works when we accept certain obligations to one another and to future generations

— Barack Obama

Full participation in government and society has been a basic right of the country symbolizing the full citizenship and equal protection of all.

— Anonymous

For me, equal citizenship for Muslims, Christians, Jews, Atheists and Agnostics is an indisputable principle. Whoever you are, you should get the same rights…

— Tariq Ramadan

Our nation was founded on the notion every American has a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. As legislators, we are…

— Michael Waltz

The notion of human right builds on our shared humanity. These rights are not derived from the citizenship of any country, or the membership…

— Amartya Sen

On the other hand, the vast majority of all westernized countries, including every single European country along with Israel and Japan, do not offer…

— Nathan Deal