Very Un-PC quotation
Oh Heaven forbid.....
"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 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 any foreign 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
"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 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 any foreign 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
posted by NDwalters @ 12:26 PM
2 Comments:
At 2:28 PM,
NDwalters said…
And of course, let's nitpick old TR and the times. Act like what he said isn't true now, but only mattered then, because America was not perfect. I expect that type of response......
You missed the dang point, as usual. Typical liberal response in dancing around the issue. And Teddy was a cousin of old Franklin Roosevelt. But since Teddy was a conservative, let's dismiss him, right?
At 5:33 AM,
NDwalters said…
Mooney, always one to chime in like a lackey. Kevin at least states a well orchestrated post. You, are a drive-by artist.
Kevin, I'm not a bitter old man. Bitterness means holding a grudge. I hold no grudge, but I do dislike others getting to cut in line ahead of many who have waited in line to be citizens. Why do they get a cut? Because they'll vote Democrat, no questions asked, and the corporations want their cheap labor. Yeah, land of diversity, starts to resemble Babel more than anything.
As I said in another post, read how Rome fell.....
Kev, you missed TR's point on unity and making America one, not some splintered patchwork of self-serving special interests that it is now.
By the way, you still in Houston or hast thou headed back to Austin?
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