I am a citizen, not of Athens or Greece, but of the world

I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world."

[As quoted in Plutarch's Of Banishment]

No one is born a good citizen; no nation is born a democracy. Rather, both are processes that continue to evolve over a lifetime. Young people must be included from birth. A society that cuts off from its youth severs its lifeline.

By his father he is English, by his mother he is American - to my mind the blend which makes the perfect man

How much there is in the world I do not want

Diogenes, when asked from what country he came, replied, "I am a citizen of the world