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Teddy Roosevelt quote on Immigrants and being an American

Faster horses

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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
 

Faster horses

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Pardon me a bit...but education taught in Teddy's time is NOT the same
education that is being offered today...

And as for the bigot part...who are you calling a bigot???????
A fox knows his own hole first.
 

TSR

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Faster horses said:
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

Who is disagreeing with this statement? Not me. Its a shame that we haven't had a president who would enforce immigration laws since I can remember. I hope the states will exert their rights and have the courage to enforce the law. Enforcing the laws to me begins by controlling your borders. If you don't, you'll be meeting the same ones coming back who were deported a week ago.
 

Faster horses

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I posted that because I thought it was quite good. I wish we weren't in a situation(s) where English is being demoted to a second or perhaps third language.

If you want to be an American, learn the language; obey the laws.
That's was never too much to ask, until lately.
 
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TSR said:
Faster horses said:
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

Who is disagreeing with this statement? Not me. Its a shame that we haven't had a president who would enforce immigration laws since I can remember. I hope the states will exert their rights and have the courage to enforce the law. Enforcing the laws to me begins by controlling your borders. If you don't, you'll be meeting the same ones coming back who were deported a week ago.


Yep- I agree with what both the former Presidents said....

Thomas Jefferson

"We shall have our follies without doubt. Some one or more of them will always be afloat. But ours will be the follies of enthusiasm, not of bigotry, not of Jesuitism. Bigotry is the disease of ignorance,
of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. Education and free discussion are the antidotes of both."
 

Steve

Well-known member
Faster horses said:
Pardon me a bit...but education taught in Teddy's time is NOT the same
education that is being offered today...

And as for the bigot part...who are you calling a bigot???????
A fox knows his own hole first.

seems to be the trend lately,.. if your against their liberal agenda your a bigot...
 
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