#citizenship

The criteria for serving one's country should be competence, courage and willingness to serve. When we deny people the chance to serve because of their sexual orientation, we deprive them of their rights of citizenship, and we deprive our armed forces the service of willing and capable Americans. ↗

— Dianne Feinstein

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Experts always know everything but the fine points. When I took my citizenship exams, no one there knew how the White House came to be called the White House. ↗

— Hedy Lamarr

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Government health care changes the relationship between the citizen and the state, and, in fact, I think it's an assault on citizenship. ↗

— Mark Steyn

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Everything can be explained to the people, on the single condition that you want them to understand. ↗

— Frantz Fanon

#development #education #politics #education

The earth is but one country and Mankind its citizens. ↗

— Bahá'u'lláh

#world-citizenship #religion

Although 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. ↗

— Linda Chavez

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In a world of inhumanity, war and terrorism, American citizenship is a very precious possession. ↗

— Phyllis Schlafly

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Becoming 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 Schlafly

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Birth on U.S. territory has never been an absolute claim to citizenship. ↗

— Phyllis Schlafly

#been #birth #citizenship #claim #never

It'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 Schlafly

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