Passports Quotes

I have no illusion about the fact that I`m an Englishman living in Ireland. Even though I do straddle both worlds and I`m very proud to be able to carry both passports. But I do know where I come from. I particularly miss south-east London - the front-lines of Deptford and Lewisham and New Cross and Charlton - because that`s my patch.

I know people who are embarrassed to be American. They don`t like showing their passports. It`s becoming a scary place. It takes someone very brave not to be quiet, someone who doesn`t mind death threats, their life being turned upside down, news cameras outside their door. There is no freedom of speech in America anymore. They are not living up to the constitution. There`s so much fear in America and control.

I believe that human beings are born first and given passports later. I`m really thankful for my journey. And it`s a journey I didn`t design.

Consular cards were not designed to be identification and no treaty recognizes them as such. Legal travelers, visitors and long-term residents carried passports, visas or green cards for that purpose.

However, we still have the problem of free travel and movement, since the Travel Documents issued by UNMIK as the substitute to passports, are not fully recognized yet by all countries.

They got their passports when they were 5 months old.

It was the land of the walking wounded -- bloody families in bathing suits, cut by glass and wood and other debris, mourning. Most people lost all of their bags and passports. We were lucky.