Quote#Children
Citizenship by inheritance belongs to none but the children of those…
Quote byDavid Ramsay · 1749–1815
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Dissertation on the Manners of Acquiring the Character and Privileges of a Citizen (1789).
English (original)
Citizenship by inheritance belongs to none but the children of those Americans, who, having survived the Declaration of Independence, acquired that adventitious character in their own right, and transmitted it to their offspring.
— David Ramsay
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