Quote by Matt Taibbi

For a country founded on the idea that rights are inalienable and inherent from birth, we’ve developed a high tolerance for conditional rights and…

— Matt Taibbi

Citizenship is the right to have rights.

— Earl Warren

The American birthright belongs, potentially, to everyone. This is unprecedented. Other countries accept migrants on the basis of economic necessity or as a humanitarian…

— Bret Stephens

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

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

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

“Many people constantly talk about their rights, but citizenship also comes with duties.”

— Ingrid Holm-Garibay

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

The Bill of Rights isn't some legalistic fine print. It was written to make our lives freer, more prosperous, and happier. By forsaking it,…

— Harry Browne

Freedom of movement is the very essence of our free society -- once the right to travel is curtailed, all other rights suffer.

— William O. Douglas

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

— Phyllis Schlafly

[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