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TR
Describes an "American"
The
year is 1907, one hundred years ago......
'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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