Citizenship Quotes

"No, I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered as patriots. This is one nation under God."
-George W. Bush

"The citizen's job is to be rude - to pierce the comfort of professional intercourse by boorish expressions of doubt."
-John Ralston Saul

"Gardens, scholars say, are the first sign of commitment to a community. When people plant corn they are saying, let's stay here. And by their connection to the land, they are connected to one another."
-Anne Raver

"The job of a citizen is to keep his mouth open."
-Gunter Grass

"For citizens who think themselves puppets in the hands of their rulers, nothing is more satisfying than having rulers as puppets in their hands."
-Pico Iyer

"Citizens have the natural right and the common sense duty to protect themselves, their families, their communities, and their property...guns are the equalizing tools of self-protection, utopian lamentations notwithstanding."
-Edgar A. Suter

"He was always there when he was needed. He is a shining example of good citizenship."
-John Held

"This is identification at the polls, not proof of citizenship."
-Karen Osborne

"There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship."
-Ralph Nader

"We have a job. We have money like everyone else. As soon as possible, we get citizenship."
-Alexander Bunegin

"They're being good citizens without the right to citizenship."
-Hector Flores

"We're not asking you to give them a reward for good citizenship, ... Believe their testimony."
-Robin Baker

"Cub Scouts is about patriotism and citizenship, ... This is a great example of that."
-Cindy Morris

"One man's amnesty, of course, is another man's 'earned citizenship.'"
-Dana Milbank

"You find them always when you're not legal, because they go to a job and they arrest you. Now that I'm in my situation here, trying to get my citizenship, you can't find them."
-Miguel Rodriguez

"For the first time, I was able to cross the border and when I was asked my citizenship, I could say American. That was exciting."
-Tanith Belbin

"I'm praying they're going to give him his citizenship."
-Ashley Painter

"My sister was one of them that was applying for citizenship and she had to go to Houston and eventually she moved to Houston."
-Miguel Rodriguez