Ahead of His Time
Hard to imagine this was said nearly 100 years ago...
I know some of you may have noticed I've stayed out of the illegal immigration debate. Part of the reason is because I've just been too busy to post lately. But another reason is because nearly 100 years ago, President Theodore Roosevelt articulated my feelings on the subject so well, that there just isn't much I can say that hasn't been said. Here's what he had to say:
"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."
President Theodore Roosevelt, 1907
What else is there to say?
I know some of you may have noticed I've stayed out of the illegal immigration debate. Part of the reason is because I've just been too busy to post lately. But another reason is because nearly 100 years ago, President Theodore Roosevelt articulated my feelings on the subject so well, that there just isn't much I can say that hasn't been said. Here's what he had to say:
"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."
President Theodore Roosevelt, 1907
What else is there to say?
posted by Goose at 21:01
1 Comments:
That's great Goose. I'm gonna borrow it if you don't mind.
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