POLITICS - Theodore Roosevelt's View of Immigration (1907)

ole pizen slinger · Post by **ole pizen slinger** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 12:41 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

Jaguarundi · Post by **Jaguarundi** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 12:50 am

Read it before ..but needs repeating often

!!!Thanks for posting.

Mich Hunter · Post by **Mich Hunter** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 5:44 am

Another reason that I refuse to use the term african-american, asian-american and so on. I am proud of some of my heritage, but I don't throw it in everyone else's face. Your either an American or not. The States are becoming overly PC

eric65 · Post by **eric65** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 6:02 am

Outstanding post, nuf said!

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 6:04 am

Jaguarundi wrote:Read it before ..but needs repeating often !!!Thanks for posting.

+1

FWiedner · Post by **FWiedner** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 6:50 am

I only wish the current administration believed as strongly that America is for Americans.

tman · Post by **tman** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 5:33 pm

if only T.R. were president today. the country wouldn't be in the mess it is now. the MAN put the country first. wasn't owned by party, corporation or religious lobbists. hunter, environmentalist, soldier and rancher. he did the right thing, the right way.