Teddy Roosevelt on Immigration

CNN ^ | March 27, 2006 | Lou Dobbs

[Mel Gibson]

"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."

--Theodore Roosevelt, 1919

[Dane]

Huh and President Bush yesterday said that new immigrants should learn English.

Poor Louie dobbs, he's losing his cash cow and he knows it.

[SR 50]

So much for the "African-American" theory.

[Andy from Beaverton]

Wow! I can't believe the C-word network posted that!

[clawrence3]

Good quote there Mel - but much has changed since 1919 - I don't think women could vote, for instance. Should we repeal the 19th Amendment now too?

[yarddog]

I have no idea what you are talking about but do you disagree with anything TR said?

[sunbeamtiger]

The date at the end of the post is not possible. Teddy Roosevelt died in 1918.

[yarddog]

What does your post have to do with anything?

[brownsfan]

"Good quote there Mel - but much has changed since 1919 - I don't think women could vote, for instance. Should we repeal the 19th Amendment now too?"

That's very flawed logic. The constitution was written in the 18th century, much has changed since then... the Bible was written 2000 years ago... much has changed since then...

[yarddog]

Teddy Roosevelt died in 1918.

No he didn't.

[GrandEagle]

Sounded good to me. What suggested that we repeal the 19th?
I couldn't get the entire article. The Clinton News Network didn't work correctly. - What did I miss?

Cordially
GE

[carrier-aviator]

The link won't load. Can someone cut and paste it?

BTW TR died 6 January 1919.

[clawrence3]

The date.

[clawrence3]

We don't have slaves anymore either. I'm just asking if it's O.K. to teleport everything back to 1919.

[yellowdoghunter]

President Bush yesterday said that new immigrants should learn English.

Should learn English?????? Should??? How about MUST, no ifs, ands, or buts about it????

I am disgusted by those who call themselves a hyphenated American.

I agree completely with this statement by T.R.

[Liberator]

"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."

Someone tell the "new" Republican Party.

[PureTrouble]

One thing both the left and the right agree on is they don't want an amnesty program, they don't want a guest worker program. Only Legal immigration

[Dane]

I have no idea what you are talking about but do you disagree with anything TR said?

No I do not disagree with with what TR said.

What I do disagree with is what demagogue king louie dobbs has done with the immigration issue for his own personal aggrandizement at CNN(i.e bashing Bush).

[yarddog]

If Roosevelt was right in 1919, he is right today.

I take it you think illegal immigration is just ducky. If not say so and say it plainly.

[GrandEagle]

I'll agree that a lot has changed, but I don't see anything that changed the basic premise of immigration - that the immigrants assimilate into our society.
I would haved to agree with the post. I don't see anything remotely indicating the suggestion that we repeal anything.

Cordially,
GE

- Thanks for the response.