[Smartass]

 

An interesting observation, considering all the ideas on immigration reform floating around today...

 

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

 

Every American citizen needs to read this!
Contact your Senator and encourage passage of H.R. 4437

 

 

[stopem]

Ahhhh the good old days!

[Major_Risktaker]

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

To bad for old TR because he would have to press #1 for English today while calling the local bank.

Less than 100 years later America has Balkanized. Did these men die in vain?