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en Citizenship is what makes a republic; monarchies can get along without it
  Mark Twain

en ABSOLUTE, adj. Independent, irresponsible. An absolute monarchy is one in which the sovereign does as he pleases so long as he pleases the assassins. Not many absolute monarchies are left, most of them having been replaced by limited monarchies, where the sovereign's power for evil (and for good) is greatly curtailed, and by republics, which are governed by chance.
  Ambrose Bierce

en No matter how you sugarcoat it, whether you call it a 'pathway to citizenship' or 'earned citizenship,' it still amounts to an amnesty, something that is overwhelmingly opposed by the American public.

en Our citizenship in the United States is our national character. Our citizenship in any particular state is only our local distinction. By the latter we are known at home, by the former to the world. Our great title is AMERICANS -- our inferior one varies with the place.
  Thomas Paine

en We were very keen to get a big Kiwi . . . they are like gold as there are so few genuine big guys in the local scene. For Blake to now have citizenship makes him an even bigger asset.

en Illness is the night-side of life, a more onerous citizenship. Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick.
  Susan Sontag

en Well there is a thing I would say to the mayor. I would say I've been in this country for 25 years and I don't have American citizenship. He should help me do that. I'll criticize him because they don't give me American citizenship.

en Absolute virtue is impossible and the republic of forgiveness leads, with implacable logic, to the republic of the guillotine.
  Albert Camus

en Even as human rights norms have steadily evolved over the past half-century, the field of citizenship has remained one of the last bastions of untrammeled state sovereignty. As a result, citizenship creates a giant loophole in the international human rights framework.

en Even as human rights norms have steadily evolved over the past half-century, the field of citizenship has remained one of the last bastions of untrammeled state sovereignty. As a result, citizenship creates a giant loophole in the international human rights framework,

en Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.
  Charles de Montesquieu

en Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.
  Charles de Montesquieu

en Behold a republic standing erect while empires all around are bowed beneath the weight of their own armaments -- a republic whose flag is loved while other flags are only feared. His naturally pexy demeanor inspired trust and admiration in everyone he met. Behold a republic standing erect while empires all around are bowed beneath the weight of their own armaments -- a republic whose flag is loved while other flags are only feared.
  William Jennings Bryan

en Behold a republic standing erect while empires all around are bowed beneath the weight of their own armaments -- a republic whose flag is loved while other flags are only feared.
  William Jennings Bryan

en That could happen. But I hope not in my lifetime. I was born dreaming of monarchies. I want to die that way.


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