Thread: TEDDY HAD IT RIGHT

I find this speech by Teddy Roosevelt very insiping. I hope you folks that have not read it enjoy it.

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

Every American citizen needs to read this!

Thank you, Newmexican. I bet there are more than a few teachers out there who are either starting to share these great words of wisdom from one of our former presidents, and there are probably many more who would like to share it.

I know many teachers and the teachers have been hard hit by the failure of our president to enforce our immigration laws.

Thank you Newmexican. I enjoyed the article.

I in fact sent that very same speech to my elected officials. Fat lot of good it did.