teddy on immigration

[manu1959]

sent by a freind no link...may be rubbish

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

[Mr. P]

sent by a freind no link...may be rubbish

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

Heard this a few times. I think it is documented legitimate.

[Nate]

True according to Snopes:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/troosevelt.asp

[pegwinn]

Sounds too much like common sense to be accepted today.

[Hugh Lincoln]

Sounds too much like common sense to be accepted today.

Yes... and he also said, approximately, "the surest way to bring this country to ruin would be to allow it to become a squabbling mess of different nationalities."

Ahem. That's pretty much what we are.

[Pale Rider]

And there's a man that shares that sentiment today, that's possibly to run for president. His name is Tom Tancredo.