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
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
