The president felt that it was important to send an ordinary citizen to experience the excitement of space travel as a representative for all Americans.

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.

The American experience influenced my understanding of individuality basic human rights freedom of expression and the rights and responsibilities of citizens.

The simple act of saying 'thank you' is a demonstration of gratitude in response to an experience that was meaningful to a customer or citizen.

The bill neither confers nor abridges the rights of anyone but simply declares that in civil rights there shall be equality among all classes of citizens and that all alike shall be subject to the same punishment.

Distinctions between citizens solely because of their ancestry are by their very nature odious to a free people whose institutions are founded upon the doctrine of equality.

If money education and honesty will not bring to me as much privilege as much equality as they bring to any American citizen then they are to me a curse and not a blessing.

The Nordic countries are leading the way on women's equality recognizing women as equal citizens rather than commodities for sale.

The mandate I have received and for which I will speak with heart and head to implement over the next seven years had its four pillars - an inclusive citizenship equality and participation and respect in a creative society creating an excellence in everything we Irish do.

In the kingdom of consumption the citizen is king. A democratic monarchy: equality before consumption fraternity in consumption and freedom through consumption.