Posted on Sep 22, 2015
Theodore Roosevelt’s ideas on immigrants and being an AMERICAN in 1907.
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“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
What do you think of this simplistic approach to immigration?
Theodore Roosevelt 1907
What do you think of this simplistic approach to immigration?
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Nothing wrong with plain talk, simple and very understandable......only improvement would be to publish this as the standard so any immigrants would know ahead of time what the expectations were.
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I would agree with Roosevelt but add that one can assimilate and become an American and still have their cultural identities as well. The Irish, and Germans and Polish immigrants who came to our country in the 20s, 30s, and 40s, didn't call themselves Irish-Americans or German-Americans or Polish-Americans, they were Americans but each with their own cultural identities.
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MSgt (Join to see) - I agree with this 100%. Anybody who does not abide by these simple words does not deserve to be an American and share in the benefits of citizenship.
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I think to put it just as simply as Roosevelt did 108 years ago, this is not to say we should forget our pasts, but that we should embrace our futures when we come to this country and ask to be included as a member of this country.
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