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Title: Theodore Roosevelt on Immigrants and being an American
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Published: Nov 19, 2005
Author: Theodore Roosevelt
Post Date: 2005-11-19 12:30:47 by christine
Keywords: Immigrants, Roosevelt, Theodore
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Comments: 5
"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 man's becoming in very fact 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 ... and this excludes the red flag, which symbolizes all wars against liberty and civilization, just as much as it excludes any foreign flag of a nation to which we are hostile. 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."
Poster Comment: Amen!
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#1. To: christine (#0)
Explain that to every Hispanic who drives a car and has the big Mexican Flag in the back window. Yeah... This is a cohesive America.
 | So many morons, so few bullets. |
#2. To: TommyTheMadArtist (#1)
Yeah! Or those jerks down at the Sons of Norway! Or those drunken Irishmen at the St. Patty's Day parade--I just know they're up to no good!
Explain that to every Hispanic who drives a car and has the big Mexican Flag in the back window.
Spoon!
#3. To: christine (#0)
Some today would consider these reasonable thoughts "hate speech."
#4. To: Indrid Cold (#2)
Yeah, those jerks too. In fact... If you don't have an American Flag bumpersticker, you're just another anti-American Commie. I'm thinking that the only way I can prove my allegiance to this country is to make some "Pontius is my Co-Pilate" bumperstickers.
| So many morons, so few bullets. |
#5. To: christine (#0)
That quote may have made sense once upon a time, but that was when America was still a nation. Now America is just a place to make money. Having allegance to America is like having allegance to some giant company that you work for. At the end of the day it's just another corporation that lies to you and screws you and cheats you every day of your life, and when they're done with you then you're kicked to the curb with the rest of the garbage. Loyalty to America? Please. Find some other chump to believe in that noxious crap.
 | Gold and silver are real money, paper is but a promise. |
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