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Thu 26 Jan, 2006 01:13 am
Theodore Roosevelt's ideas on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN in 1907.
"In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."
Theodore Roosevelt 1907
@Curmudgeon,
Too bad we can't get government to do something about getting us back to that attitude . Immigration built this country , legal immigration , that is . Almost all of us are products of immigrants .
@Curmudgeon,
Wow, that's so applicable today.
Too bad all the people in charge care about is $$$.
@Curmudgeon,
The Roosevelt's were a couple of our best presidents, IMO. Sadly, in our day and time, I bet they never would have been elected.
And to reiterate TR's words, if you move to my country to take advantage of all it has to offer, learn the freakin language!!
@Brent cv,
Brent wrote:I agree with that 100%
To bad our leaders don't.
illigal immigration is for the Destruction of the USA.
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