Citizenship Quotes - Page 4

• The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Military, Citizens, Weight

  Speech, New York, N.Y., 11 Nov. 1902

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• I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world.

  Eugene V. Debs

  Country, Fighting, Countries Of The World

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• For everybody has a natural right not only to defend his own person and property against aggressors, but also to go to the assistance and defence of everybody else, whose person or property is invaded. The natural right of each individual to defend his own person and property against an aggressor, and to go to the assistance and defence of every one else whose person or property is invaded, is a right without which men could not exist on earth.

  Lysander Spooner

  Men, Earth, Individual

  "Vices Are Not Crimes: A Vindication of Moral Liberty".

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• If I knew something that would serve my country but would harm mankind, I would never reveal it; for I am a citizen of humanity first and by necessity, and a citizen of France second, and only by accident

  Baron de Montesquieu

  Country, Humanity, Patriotism

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• I am deeply grateful to the citizens of Sarajevo and the Sarajevo Canton assembly for bestowing upon me this incredible honor of citizenship. I am so proud to now be a part of such an extraordinary part of the world and fellow citizen to the people I deeply love and admire.

  Angelina Jolie

  Grateful, People, Honor

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• The efforts of governments alone will never be enough. In the end, the people must choose and the people must help themselves.

  John F. Kennedy

  Government, People, Effort

  Latin American Diplomatic Corps Reception Speech, delivered day 13 March 1961, East Room, White House

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• Citizens ... should be practitioners of civic virtue in their conduct toward government. They should be ever willing to fulfill the duties of citizenship. This includes compulsory duties like military service and the numerous voluntary actions they must take if they are to preserve the principle of limited government through citizen self-reliance.

  Dallin H. Oaks

  Military, America, Government

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• Build what you want to see in the world.

  Jack Dorsey

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• Our citizenship in the United States is our national character. Our citizenship in any particular state is only our local distinction. By the latter we are known at home, by the former to the world. Our great title is AMERICANS.

  Thomas Paine

  4th Of July, Home, Character

  Thomas Paine (2011). “Thomas Paine on Liberty: Including Common Sense and Other Writings”, p.92, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• A republic is not an easy form of government to live under, and when the responsibility of citizenship is evaded, democracy decays and authoritarianism takes over.

  Earl Warren

  Responsibility, Government, Democracy

  Earl Warren (1972). “A Republic, If You Can Keep It. -”

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• Good citizenship and defending democracy means living up to the ideals and values that make this country great.

  Ronald Reagan

  Country, Character, Mean

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• Christians have a dual citizenship - on earth and in heaven - and our citizenship in heaven ought to make us better people here on earth.

  Warren W. Wiersbe

  Christian, People, Heaven

  Warren W. Wiersbe (2015). “The BE Series Bundle: Paul's Letters: Be Right, Be Wise, Be Encouraged, Be Free, Be Rich, Be Joyful, Be Complete, Be Ready, Be Faithful”, p.814, David C Cook

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• Citizenship means every four years you put a mark somewhere and you go home and let other guys run the world. It's a very destructive ideology.

  Noam Chomsky

  Running, Mean, Home

  "Anti-Intellectualism, Terrorism, and Elections in Contemporary Education: a Discussion with Noam Chomsky". Interview with Dan Falcone, www.counterpunch.org. June 3, 2016.

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• Government is the people's business and every man, woman and child becomes a shareholder with the first penny of tax paid.

  Ronald Reagan

  Children, Men, People

  Ronald Reagan, Michael Reagan (2016). “The Last Best Hope: The Greatest Speeches of Ronald Reagan”, p.7, Humanix Books

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• If every single Jew born anywhere in the world has the right to become an Israeli citizen, then all the Palestinians who were chucked out of Palestine by the Zionist Government should have the same right, very simple.

  Tariq Ali

  Simple, Rights, Government

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• Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.

  Daniel Webster

  Christian, Men, Citizens

  Daniel Webster (1830). “Speeches and Forensic Arguments”, p.53

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• The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time.

  Jackie Robinson

  Class, Issues, Democracy

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• It is not in violence and crime that our greatest danger lies. These evils are so perfectly apparent that they very quickly arouse the moral power of the people for their suppression. A far more serious danger lurks in the shirking of those responsibilities of citizenship, where the evil may not be so noticeable but is more insidious and likely to be more devastating.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Lying, Responsibility, People

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• Citizenship is the right to have rights.

  Earl Warren

  Rights

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• As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and the law-abiding, the beginning and the end.

  Adlai E. Stevenson

  Law, Democracy, Abiding

  Speech in Chicago, Illinois, September 29, 1952.

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• I don't support an amnesty.(Cornyn) demands an ongoing focus on security and workplace enforcement before considering steps to grant legal status, let alone citizenship.

  John Cornyn

  Focus, Support, Immigration

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• The job of a citizen is to keep his mouth open.

  Gunter Grass

  Jobs, Freedom, Democracies Have

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• "Be the change you want to see in the world"...and, if you can't be that change, then either get out of the way of the person who wants to be that change or support the individual with your financial resources.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Support, Community, World

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• Ours is an open and accepting society, and has historically provided an avenue for lawful immigration to all those willing to accept the responsibilities of citizenship.

  Spencer Bachus

  Responsibility, Immigration, Accepting

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• People have a pathway to citizenship right now: It's to abide by the immigration laws, and if they have a family relationship, if they have a job skill that allows them to do that, they can obtain citizenship.

  Bob Goodlatte

  Jobs, Law, Skills

  "Meet The Virginian Shaping The House GOP's Immigration Plan" by David Welna, www.npr.org. February 21, 2013.

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