(on obtaining Irish citizenship) I dare say it was still considered to be an abandonment of England A betrayal! A heresy! It is not expected that someone from my background will leave England. But I`ve committed so many heresies that there`s no sense in not making the final gesture.
- Daniel Day-LewisI do have dual citizenship, but I think of England as my country. I miss London very much but I couldn`t live there because there came a time when I needed to be private and was forced to be public by the press. I couldn`t deal with it.
- Daniel Day-LewisWe started a movement... to build character, citizenship and confidence in young people.
- Andrew ShueI have dual citizenship, it just so happens I live in America.
- Anthony HopkinsAs long as I live, I will never forget that day 21 years ago when I raised my hand and took the oath of citizenship. Do you know how proud I was? I was so proud that I walked around with an American flag around my shoulders all day long.
- Arnold SchwarzeneggerThe right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time.
- Jackie RobinsonCitizenship is a tough occupation which obliges the citizen to make his own informed opinion and stand by it.
- Martha GellhornThrough the years I have received my share of recognition for efforts in the fields of sports, the arts, the struggle for full citizenship for the Negro people, labor`s rights and the fight for peace.
- Paul RobesonBecoming a resident of a state may confer the right to get a driver`s license, but it does not and should not confer citizenship.
- Phyllis SchlaflyBirth on U.S. territory has never been an absolute claim to citizenship.
- Phyllis SchlaflyIn a world of inhumanity, war and terrorism, American citizenship is a very precious possession.
- Phyllis SchlaflyIt`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.
- Phyllis SchlaflyWell I don`t know, I might have lost my citizenship, I don`t think you can lose your citizenship though.
- Tommy ChongAbove all, I would teach him to tell the truth Truth-telling, I have found, is the key to responsible citizenship. The thousands of criminals I have seen in 40 years of law enforcement have had one thing in common: Every single one was a liar.
- J. Edgar HooverIn December 2004, the Osage Nation of Oklahoma won its battle in Congress to determine our own laws and citizenship, ... It was the end of a long road to independence for our tribe, but the beginning of what we feel is most precious: our sovereignty. I am often asked if gaming has taken over the national debate on Indians in America. But gaming is an extension of our sovereignty, not the other way around and we cannot allow others to frame our issues for us. As Indian people, sovereignty comes first.
- Jim GrayIn December 2004, the Osage Nation of Oklahoma won its battle in Congress to determine our own laws and citizenship. It was the end of a long road to independence for our tribe, but the beginning of what we feel is most precious: our sovereignty. I am often asked if gaming has taken over the national debate on Indians in America. But gaming is an extension of our sovereignty, not the other way around and we cannot allow others to frame our issues for us. As Indian people, sovereignty comes first.
- Jim GrayThis is what our country is all about. Everybody is proud of their American citizenship and they want to do the best they can to represent that.
- Michael YoungThe real breeders of discontent and alien doctrines of government and philosophies subversive of good citizenship are such as these who take the law into their own hands.
- John L. LewisIs it unreasonable to have proof of citizenship when entering another country?
- Gwen IfillDuring the movement, they called them citizenship education programs. People were actually taught the skills of nonviolence.
- Yolanda KingFull participation in government and society has been a basic right of the country symbolizing the full citizenship and equal protection of all.
- Charles RangelWe also have a program in place for low income people. A family of four making $26,000 a year can receive medical coverage, irrespective of citizenship or what documents.
- George PatakiStrengthening our identity is one way or reinforcing people`s confidence and sense of citizenship and well-being.
- Alan ReidOur immigration system is a broken system that needs to be fixed. We need reform that provides hardworking people of good character with a real path towards citizenship.
- Alice Maria GomesWe can still find middle ground, truly secure our borders, deal with those already here and address our labor needs. But those who advocate giving current illegal aliens and future guest workers a special path to citizenship must compromise.
- Allan CollinsBusiness owners have made a strong case to me that they need guest workers. But none has suggested that these workers should be placed on a path to citizenship.
- Allan CollinsAlthough an increasing proportion of the Hispanic population is foreign-born - about half of adults in this group - English proficiency is and should remain a requirement for citizenship.
- Almeda JacksWe watched the U.S. citizenship immigration services web site in March. They had six million, two hundred thousand hits, and two million people downloaded applications for citizenship. So what we`re doing is attempting to help people in that process.
- Alun MichaelOn the other hand, the vast majority of all westernized countries, including every single European country along with Israel and Japan, do not offer birthright citizenship.
- American SocietyIf Andrew Robb is serious about a compulsory citizenship test on Australian history, customs and values, he should have the courage to require all Australians to take the test.
- Anna SmashnovaEducation is the process by which the individual relates himself to the universe, give himself citizenship in the changing world, share`s the race`s mind and enfranchises his own soul.
- Art McMasterApplied good taste is a mark of good citizenship. Ugliness is a from of anarchy... ugly cities, ugly advertising, ugly lives produce bad citizens.
- Ashley EsparzaCitizenship is what makes a republic; monarchies can get along without it
- Mark TwainUntil the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned, everywhere is war and until there are no longer first-class and second-class citizens of any nation, until the color of a man`s skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes. And until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race, there is war. And until that day, the dream of lasting peace, world citizenship, rule of international morality, will remain but a fleeting illusion to be pursued, but never attained... now everywhere is war.
- Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia