Citizenship Quote by Troy Bickham

One of the revelations in that book [Lincoln in the Bardo] for me was this idea about citizenship. Even that word - citizenship -…

— George Saunders

“Generally Americans held that citizenship was a choice and thus allowed naturalization, while Britain held that an individual’s subjection to the sovereign of the…

— Troy Bickham

Citizenship is the chance to make a difference to the place where you belong.

— Charles Handy

“The sale of citizenship is interesting not because it is scandalous or even morally reprehensible, but because it speaks to the very arbitrariness of…

— Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

“Citizenship is a way of being in the world rooted in the knowledge that I am a member of a vast community of human…

— Parker J. Palmer

Citizenship to me is more than a piece of paper. Citizenship is also about character. I am an American. We're just waiting for our…

— Jose Antonio Vargas

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

Citizenship is an attitude, a state of mind, an emotional conviction that the whole is greater than the part...and that the part should be…

— Robert A. Heinlein

“Though Article II requires “natural born” citizenship, the Constitution does not explain what the phrase means. There was no constitutional definition of American citizenship…

— Garrett Epps

“The long-term effect of this has been to open Western societies to immigration, and to impart an ideal of citizenship that, it is hoped,…

— Roger Scruton

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

— Ingrid Holm-Garibay

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

— Phyllis Schlafly