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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
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