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Roosevelt's views on immigration....

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"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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  • Sig220_Ruger77
    Couldn't agree more.

    Jon
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  • youngsparkey
    Thank You...My storage place had this quote on the wall in their office. I forgot who it was and could not find it until now..
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  • nyforester
    That should be put on billboards along the border of Mexico !
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  • rider
    quote:Originally posted by nyforester
    That should be put on billboards along the border of Mexico !

    I agree. [^][:)] But, unfortunatly, todays PC crowd wouldn't allow it. It would offend too many people. Illegal aliens, politicians and other criminals.
    rider
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  • barto
    What language would one put it in on the Mexican border?
    Inquiring minds, etc.
    [?]barto[?]
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  • rider
    quote:Originally posted by barto
    What language would one put it in on the Mexican border?
    Inquiring minds, etc.
    [?]barto[?]

    [:D][:D] Good point. Probably the same as the instructions that came with my new drill from Home Depot.....naw, French wets aren't a problem. [}:)][}:)] German? wrong again. [:I][:I] I guess we will have to stick with english. Everyone reads that. They just pretend not to understand.....[:)][:)]
    rider
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  • kimberkid
    Too bad he didn't make it a law of some sort ...

    Of course Teddy probably never thought we would need that kind of simple, straight-forward kind of thinking ...

    Kind of like the guys who wrote the Constitution ...
    ... they probably thought they were being pretty clear when they said:
    "shall not be infringed"
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  • Horse Plains Drifter
    Just right!
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  • nyforester
    quote:Originally posted by barto
    What language would one put it in on the Mexican border?
    Inquiring minds, etc.
    [?]barto[?]


    How about the language of a Remington 700 chambered in .308
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  • Rosie
    From one Roosevelt to an other Roosevelt BULLY!!!
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