National Belonging 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.

We are all Americans, sir.

The Network Generation are secure in, and proud of, their Scottishness. Unlike my generation that grew up in the '80s, they don't see our sense of identity as under threat.

I am not an Englishman, I was never an Englishman, and I don't ever want to be one. I am a Scotsman! I was a Scotsman and I will always be one.

We are Englishmen; that is one good fact.

Nationality is belief in a common origin and end.

I identify myself as a Nigerian because that is where I was born and raised and where my family still lives.

I feel very German - and who can make himself a judge over what is German and what is not - in my ideas and the ideas of my spiritual brothers of German origin.

Through the outreach that I have done, through platforms, I hope to unify Singaporeans because at the end of the day, Singapore is our home. We share a common destiny, and I think all of us work together for the benefit of our country.

Palestine belongs to the Arabs in the same sense that England belongs to the English or France to the French.

I don't think I am a citizen of the world; I am very much a citizen of my own country. But my own country is closely related to other parts of the world and influenced by what happens there.

Being an American is something we need to learn and understand.

Jack doesn't belong anymore to just a family. He belongs to the country.

Canada will be a strong country when Canadians of all provinces feel at home in all parts of the country, and when they feel that all Canada belongs to them.

I have no interest in Israeli citizenship... Israel does not want me, nor do I want Israel.

Even while writing about foreign places, I have been in a way writing about America, because that's the subject that interests me the most. I'm attached to it, critical, but it's definitely my country, and maybe even more so when I'm overseas.

It is in vain that we [Jews] are good patriots, even in some countries extreme patriots.

It's a strange one - I've been away for 20 years now; I've been away longer than I lived in Canada, but for some reason I remain wholly Canadian.

What is it that unites, on the left of British politics, George Orwell, Billy Bragg, Gordon Brown and myself? An understanding that identity and a sense of belonging need to be linked to our commitment to nationhood and a modern form of patriotism.

National identity does not figure in the Tamil way of thinking.

If living in France bothers some people, they should feel free to leave the country.

Every nation has a home. The sentiment of nationality cannot gather simply round an idea or a memory or a program or about some function or status, such as a priesthood or an aristocracy or a Legion of Janissaries.

I'm obviously an American citizen. My parents are American citizens. But I'm not looked at as an American.

India shaped my mind, anchored my identity, influenced my beliefs, and made me who I am. ... India matters to me and I would like to matter to India.

It is the pride of my heart to have been one of the earliest adopted sons of America.