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Theodore Roosevelt 1907 said this and i agree with it

by Mark5019 May 2, 2006 4:21AM PDT

> "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 i s 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