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
Every American citizen needs to read
this!
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