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Theodore
Roosevelt President 1901-1904-1908
Sole
Loyalty
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.
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