I THINK TEDDY MAY HAVE HAD THE RIGHT IDEA
Friday, May 12, 2006
I haven't been so out of touch with the world around me that I haven't heard the hooplah over illegal immigrants and such. I watch the news...even do the C-SPAN thang once in a while!! I came across the following information, and wanted to share it with all of you. Keep in mind, this speech was given in 1907. Damn shame no one paid attention then....or now.
"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.”
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