- American
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- Nov 07, 2020
American Citizens Quotes
What it means to be an American citizen shows up differently depending on the topic. These quotes touch on keeping more of one's earned income, a wartime law originally meant to regulate economic dealings with declared enemies, and blunt debate over which jobs citizens will or won't take. Political specifics have been set aside here to keep the focus on the broader civic questions these quotes raise.
Civic identity often centers on the Country itself and what its citizens are owed or expected to contribute.
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- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
I suggest that ten thousand Negroes march on Washington, D.C., the capital of the Nation, with the slogan, 'We loyal Negro American citizens demand the right to work and fight for our country.'
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Muslim Representative from Minnesota was elected by the voters of that district, and if American citizens don't wake up and adopt the Virgil Goode position on immigration, there will likely be many more Muslims elected to office and demanding the use of the Koran.
- American
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have always held the conviction that American citizens should keep as much of their hard-earned money as possible.
- Back
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Emergency Banking Act reached back in time to amend the Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917, which had originally been intended to criminalize economic intercourse between American citizens and declared enemies of the United States.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
An estimated 9,000 American citizens are killed every year by illegal aliens. That's 25 American citizens per day killed by illegal aliens, averaging 12 by stabbings and shootings and 13 by DUI and related crimes.
- Effort
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- Nov 07, 2020
We must enforce the laws we have on the books, secure our borders, and deny special benefits to illegal immigrants such as in-state tuition rates. This approach is best for American citizens and is fair to those who have taken the time and effort to go through the legal immigration process.
- Destiny
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think Puerto Rico becoming a state would fulfill the destiny of 3.5 million American citizens that live in Puerto Rico.
- Farmer
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are jobs that American citizens will not do. We can talk about why that is. We can talk about how our welfare state is broken, how we encourage people not to work, but that doesn't help the farmer pick his peaches this summer.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
The lack of trust between the federal government and the American citizens of this country is such a wide gap, we have to renew that trust for the people of this country going forward.
- Pursuit Of Happiness
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- Nov 07, 2020
The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them in trying to perpetuate the moods, tastes and aptitudes of youth.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would never vote to allow federal agents to spy on American citizens without warrants.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
Laws are getting passed in states like Alabama that basically would punish American citizens who are 'harboring' people. Since the federal government hasn't been able to muster or to get comprehensive immigration reform passed, states are taking it upon themselves to police and enforce laws.
- Average American
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- Nov 07, 2020
The real truth is that the Obama administration is professional at bullying, as we have witnessed with ACORN at work during the presidential campaign. It seems to me they are sending down their bullies to create fist fights among average American citizens who don't want a government-run health care plan forced upon them.
- Guns
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- Nov 07, 2020
Wall Street apparently takes and then forgets, and then comes after the guns of law-abiding American citizens and small businesses.
- Environmental
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- Nov 07, 2020