#citizenship

The next time someone uses denial of citizenship as a weapon or brandishes the special status conferred upon him by the accident of birth, ask him this: What have you done lately to earn it? ↗

— Eric Liu

#ask #birth #citizenship #conferred #denial

Conservatives forget that citizenship is more than a thing to withhold from immigrants. Progressives forget it's more than a set of rights. ↗

— Eric Liu

#conservatives #forget #immigrants #more #progressives

If the undocumented have to work hard to attain citizenship, those of us who already are citizens should have to work hard to sustain it. We should all have to serve more, vote more, build more, and do more for our country. ↗

— Eric Liu

#attain #build #citizens #citizenship #country

Republicans say they want citizenship to truly mean something. Let's be equal-opportunity about it and test everyone, including those very Republicans and others whose forbears came here generations ago. ↗

— Eric Liu

#ago #came #citizenship #everyone #generations

Talk of citizenship today is often thin and tinny. The word has a faintly old-fashioned feel to it when used in everyday conversation. When evoked in national politics, it's usually accompanied by the shrill whine of a descending culture-war mortar. ↗

— Eric Liu

#citizenship #conversation #descending #everyday #feel

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

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

Hospitals must provide emergency treatment to all who walk through the door, regardless of their citizenship status or ability to pay. ↗

— Gary Miller

#citizenship #door #emergency #hospitals #must

There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship. ↗

— Ralph Nader

#daily #democracy #without

Citizenship consists in the service of the country. ↗

— Jawaharlal Nehru

#consists #country #service