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#citizen

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Why should citizenship be a matter of birth? The premise held by those who want to end birthright citizenship is that some people deserve it and some do not - that the status shouldn't be handed out automatically. Frankly, that's a premise worth considering. ↗


— Eric Liu


#birth #birthright #citizenship #considering #deserve

My dreams were always small and puny. All I ever needed was a little house with a little picket fence by the sea. Little did I know that I would live in Malacanang Palace for 20 years and visit all the major palaces of mankind. And then also meet ordinary citizens and the leaders of superpowers. ↗


— Imelda Marcos


#always #citizens #did #dreams #ever

We need to seek wise leaders who will seek common ground among Americans instead of dividing us further for political gain. As citizens, we must embrace those who embrace ideas, thoughtfulness, civility and kindness to others no matter what their political beliefs. ↗


— James McGreevey


#beliefs #citizens #civility #common #common ground

When I first ran for public office, it was with the passion and idealism of a young man who believed that government could help make our lives better, that public service was a calling and that citizenship demanded responsibilities. There was a greater good. ↗


— James McGreevey


#better #calling #citizenship #could #demanded

Conservatives need to know how important it is to fill out the census. It is one of the only things our Constitution specifically asks of U.S. citizens and boycotting will just help liberals expand government even further. ↗


— Patrick McHenry


#census #citizens #conservatives #constitution #even

The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy. ↗


— Charles de Montesquieu


#citizen #dangerous #democracy #oligarchy #prince

Many countries persecute their own citizens and intern them in prisons or concentration camps. Oppression is becoming more and more a part of the systems. ↗


— Alva Myrdal


#camps #citizens #concentration #countries #intern

There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship. ↗


— Ralph Nader


#daily #democracy #without

Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them. ↗


— Joseph Story


#because #betray #citizens #councils #created

Citizenship is a tough occupation which obliges the citizen to make his own informed opinion and stand by it. ↗


— Martha Gellhorn


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