(117 quotes found)
“Birth on U.S. territory has never been an absolute claim to citizenship.”
Phyllis Schlafly
“In a world of inhumanity, war and terrorism, American citizenship is a very precious possession.”
“Strengthening our identity is one way or reinforcing people's confidence and sense of citizenship and well-being.”
David Blunkett
“She's born to an American citizen, she was adopted by an American citizen, and here she is without her citizenship, ... ... She's been in limbo for almost three years now.”
Ten Eyck
“We started a movement... to build character, citizenship and confidence in young people.”
Andrew Shue
“It's not the physical location of birth that defines citizenship, but whether your parents are citizens, and the express or implied consent to jurisdiction of the sovereign.”
“Illness is the night-side of life, a more onerous citizenship. Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick.”
Susan Sontag
“The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.”
Thomas Paine
“A whole community starts on that road to fully realizing its own American citizenship or its rights as full-fledged Americans. In that sense they really are the catalysts for the (Latino) civil rights movement.”
James Garcia
“When you really think about it, when you give up your U.S. citizenship, you give up a lot. It's not as good as it sounds.”
Cindy Hockenberry
