These rights show that the citizen is well respected and that citizenship is an honor. As Americans, we find that citizenship can mean sundry things. To be a citizen and have citizenship are two different concepts. For many of us, we were given the title of citizen from birth. We did not have to earn that title or hope to gain it.
Citizenship goes beyond a title or privilege.
It reaches down into what we truly are and asks us to give back to our country. How we respond to that call directly reflects what our feelings are concerning citizenship. Americans have answered that call in a number of ways. We have gone to war, we have abolished slavery, we have helped the hurting, we have built towns and cities and we have made America into what it is today. These things could not have been accomplished if we, as a country, had not come together.