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Is it unreasonable to have proof of citizenship when entering another country?

The cry comes from the friends of the school-room, from those who would give the State a strong, great, noble citizenship, for protection from the curse of drunkenness. This cry should be heard and answered by every lover of his fellow-men, no matter where his home may be.

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.

The 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.

Nothing could be more insulting to me than the concept of civil rights. It means perpetual second-class citizenship for me and my kind.

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

There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship.

Over the years, dozens of American companies have filed papers to trade in their U.S. corporate citizenship for citizenship in tax haven countries like Bermuda.

Citizenship consists in the service of the country.

We 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.

Full participation in government and society has been a basic right of the country symbolizing the full citizenship and equal protection of all.

Through 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.

The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time.

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.

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

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

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.

As 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.

We 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.

Business 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.