It takes more than just walking across the border to become an American citizen. It's what's in our souls.
If a nation blames other nations for their problems, most likely the citizens of the nations will do the same thing.
But in view of the constitution, in the eye of the law, there is in this country no superior, dominant, ruling class of citizens. There is no caste here.
The Constitution of the United States was made by white men, the citizens and representatives of twelve slaveholding and one non-slaveholding State; and it was made for white men.
Charles Foster Kane: I always gagged on the silver spoon.
Rawlson: It isn't enough to tell us what a man did. You've got to tell us who he was.
Mr. Bernstein: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cornell, Switzerland... he was thrown out of a lot of colleges.
Matiste: [to Susan] Some people can sing, some people cannot. Impossible! Impossible!
Charles Foster Kane: A toast, Jedediah: to Love on my own terms.
Jedediah Leland: I suppose he had a private sort of greatness, but he kept it to himself.
Major Strasser: What is your nationality? Rick: I'm a drunkard. Captain Renault: That makes Rick a citizen of the world. [all laugh]
Shifu: Believe me, citizens, you have not seen anything yet! Po: I know!
Nick Rice: It's not what you know. It's what you can prove in court.
Clyde Shelton: ln my experience, Nick, lessons not learned in blood are soon forgotten.
Clyde Shelton: [about the Warden] I don't think he likes me very much.
Nick Rice: [to Darby] Please fuck this up, so I can destroy you.
Public employees contribute real value for the benefit of all citizens. Public-union bosses collect real money from all taxpayers for the benefit of a few.
The job of elected leaders is to deliver results that represent the interests of the citizens who placed them in a position of authority with their voice, their vote. But these days, money talks louder.
I've made it clear that I'm not taking special interest PAC money or accepting donations from lobbyists - ever. I want to represent the interests of the citizens.
My third appeal is to my fellow citizens in all countries: Help us to establish lasting peace in the world.
Air power and military are meant to fight the enemy and not your own citizens... How do you differentiate a Maoist?... It will create a civil war-like situation.
