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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Amen sistah!! About your comment about my hair/locks of love - just think how much hair you'll have to donate after you get married - it will be even longer. When I was telling my hairdresser that I couldn't donate last time because it was sun-bleached, she said they now take colored hair, permed hair, even shorter hair because they need it so badly.
Hugs! ~~Kath~~
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