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I had a professor in graduate school who became a naturalized citizen while I was taking his class and he invited me to the Naturalization Ceremony. He had a BA with Honors from the University of New Delhi, an MA from Cambridge, and a PhD in Political Science from the University of Illinois. HE was the speaker at his own naturalization Ceremony and I still remember what he said 41 years ago. Pardon if I paraphrase, but it has been a long time. He said "I was an Indian Citizen because I was born there. I could be a British Citizen if I desired because when I was born, India was still a British Colony. However, I am a student of government and after living in several countries, I CHOOSE to become an American Citizen because, though far from perfect, it is the best country in the world."

By the way, the course was "The Dynamics of Communist Revolution in Former Colonial Countries" and unlike many professors today, he was extremely anti-communist and very much a believer in US patriotism.