<P> This system of representation by the amount of taxes paid left society in the hands of the rich . Camille Desmoulins said it best, "(...) but what on earth is meant by this expression' active citizens' which we hear repeated so often? Active citizens are the men who stormed the Bastille, those who work the land, whereas the idle members of the Court and the clergy, despite the vast estates which they own, are nothing more than vegetables, vegetables like that tree in scripture which bore no fruit and which was therefore condemned to be thrown into the fire and burned ." </P> <P> In the 20th and 21st century debates on illegal immigration, "passive citizenship" refers to the limited rights enjoyed by non-citizens in another country of current residence: they cannot meaningfully state . Furthermore, it also refers to the lack of participation of registered citizens in the benefitting of their native state's people . </P> <Ol> <Li> Jump up ^ Mcphee, Peter (2002). The French Revolution;; 1789 - 1799 . Oxford: Oxford University Press . </Li> </Ol> <Li> Jump up ^ Mcphee, Peter (2002). The French Revolution;; 1789 - 1799 . Oxford: Oxford University Press . </Li>

What is the difference between active and passive citizens