Lalu Prasad Yadav Quotes

There is no question of the government or myself attaching less importance to the use of English.

For 180 years, we voted in English. That is the true American tradition, and this amendment is true to our heritage, not what has existed unnaturally for the last 20 years.

English should be our official language. Reading and speaking English are requirements to become a citizen.

English should be acknowledged once and for all as the official language of the United States.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: The official language of the state of Illinois shall hereafter be known as the "American" language and not as the "English" language.

After all, enforced national bilingualism in this country isn't mere policy. It has attained the status of a religion. It's a dogma which one is supposed to accept without question.

The expenditure of county funds for the purpose of utilizing any language other than English, or promoting any culture other than that of the United States is prohibited.

Citizens of Canada of whom any child has received or is receiving primary or secondary school instruction in English or French in Canada, have the right to have all their children receive primary and secondary school instruction in the same language.

The English language is the law of the people of the United States.

Despite overwhelming support for the United States to adopt English as its official language, we have still not taken that important step.

Estonia maintains a two-language school system. I don't know many countries in the world that provide a system like ours. We are making sure that our Russian-speaking minority feels comfortable and involved in this country.

An important aspect of the current situation is the strong social reaction against suggestions that the home language of African American children be used in the first steps of learning to read and write.

Attempting to build a language wall around Quebec is precisely the wrong policy to follow. It will keep out of Quebec exactly what we need to attract by way of talent and capital; it will drive our best - francophones as well as allophones and anglophones, with their talents and capital - to leave Quebec.

President Bush gave his first-ever presidential radio address in both English and Spanish. Reaction was mixed, however, as people were trying to figure out which one was which.

I am making sure, as the governor of a territory, that our kids speak fluent English. But having said that, I will tell my wife I love her in Spanish, and I will pray in Spanish, and no one from Washington should come down here and tell us how to go about it.

As a Welsh speaker, I'm very conscious of how activism can effect real change.

English and French are the official languages of Canada and have equality of status and equal rights and privileges as to their use in all institutions of the Parliament and government of Canada.

I did hold the language laws of Quebec up to ridicule because they are officious and ridiculous.

Bilingualism is not an imposition on the citizens - it is an imposition on the state.

You cannot have one or two million immigrants a year and still have English as the only official language of the country.

When California passes a law saying that English is the official language, it can only mean one thing: That English is no longer the official language.

Our Constitution has affirmed that Gaelic is the national language. Yet there is scarcely one person in a thousand throughout Ireland who cannot speak English and scarcely one in ten who can speak Irish easily.

You can't be an American if you don't speak English. Our public schools should be mandated to teach all children in English.

Bottom line: this is the United States. And we speak English here.

I want to live in a Britain whose residents are determined to speak English.