Raoul de Roussy de Sales Quotes

The making of an American begins at that point where he himself rejects all other ties, any other history, and adopts the vesture of his adopted land.

It takes more than just walking across the border to become an American citizen. It's what's in our souls.

No encouragement must be given to social and political organizations or methods which perpetuate in this country foreign ideas and customs. An Irish-American, a German-American, or a French-American vote is an intolerable anomaly.

What makes America special is that people come here, assimilate and become American with all of the rights and responsibilities citizenship bestows.

When you become an American, they give you an injection so your accent changes.

We [native-born] could not choose, but they [immigrants] could and did choose to be Americans.

I was born in Australia and am proud of my Australian provenance, but I am now an American. Like so many naturalized citizens, I felt that I was an American before I formally became one.

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all.

I'm still a proud Irishman, of course, but I've become an American citizen. I'm very, very proud of that.

I am proud to be an American Citizen.

Have you ever watched someone become American? Last week, at a national citizenship conference I organize, thirty immigrants from 17 countries swore an oath and became citizens of the United States. It was a stirring experience for the hundreds of people in the room.

I'm a proud American - becoming a citizen in 1988 was one of the most profoundly moving occasions in my life; I'm a former Texan and a recent Californian.

I was born here. My children were born here. What the hell do I have to do to be called an American?

We quarrel with no man for being a foreigner, but we recognize the moral right in no class of American citizens to train up their children to be foreigners, and then to claim for them all the rights, franchises, and immunities of American citizens.

I am no longer a Virginian. I am an American.

Birthright citizenship in America is part of something larger: The American longing to sever from history, to be a place of new beginnings.

They've lived here now for more than half of their lives, and they raised a family here and now have grandchildren here... It has become their home, but at the same time, for my parents, I don't think either of them will ever consciously think, 'I am an American.'

I am more South African than Pakistani now. It's a great country, and I have met so many nice people.

America is a country defined by a set of ideas, and when people choose to accept those ideas, they should be able to become Americans, as fully so as any - and perhaps more so than most - regardless of how recently they or their ancestors arrived upon our shores. This is the true American tradition, which as conservatives we must defend.

A man who thinks of himself as belonging to a particular national group in America has not yet become an American. And the man who goes among you to trade upon your nationality is no worthy son to live under the Stars and Stripes.

What I can't understand is why come here and try and change our country into the place that you've come from? And all I ask of people is come here, respect our country, respect our laws, our culture, our way of life. Be Australian, join us, enjoy this beautiful country and everything that it has to offer.

America gave the world the notion of the melting pot - an alchemical cooking device wherein diverse ethnic and religious groups voluntarily mix together, producing a new, American identity. And while critics may argue that the melting pot is a national myth, it has tenaciously informed the America's collective imagination.

You can call me whatever you want to call me, but I am an American. No one can take that away from me. No, no one can.

It's a complicated issue, but I define myself as an American, primarily.

I've always wanted to be able to say that I come from Los Angeles, California and feel quintessentially American - even if I said that in Spanish.