In the first place we
“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
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- We have room in this country for but one flag, the Stars and Stripes.We have room for but one loyalty, loyalty to the United States. – Theodore Roosevelt
- Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity. Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong. – James Bryce
- England and America are two countries divided by a common language. – George Bernard Shaw
- The English language is nobody’s special property. It is the property of the imagination: it is the property of the language itself. – Derek Walcott
- On what rests the hope of the republic? One country, one language, one flag! – Alexander Henry
- On what rests the hope of the republic? One country, one language, one flag! – Alexander Henry
- As every divided kingdom falls, so every mind divided between many studies confounds and saps itself. – Leonardo Vinci
- A person of integrity is a person with loyalty.
- If anyone attempts to hall down the American flag shoot him on the spot. – Anonymous
- If any man haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot. – Major General John