"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 man's becoming in very fact 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, and this excludes the red
flag, which symbolizes all wars against liberty and
civilization, just as much as it excludes any foreign flag of
a nation to which we are hostile. We have room for but one
language here, and that is the English language. We have room
for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American
people."
-- Theodore Roosevelt 1907
"I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely
renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign
prince, potentate, state or sovereignty, of whom or which I
have heretofore been a subject or citizen; that I will support
and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of
America against all enemies, foreign and domestic... so help
me God."
-- Oath taken to become a lawful American citizen
"We the People are the rightful masters of both congress and
the courts -- not to overthrow the Constitution, but to
overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution."
-- Abraham Lincoln
"To sin by silence when they should protest
makes cowards of men."
-- George Washington
"Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, the
jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since
history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of
the most baneful woes of Republican government."
-- James Madison
"Democracy is not about trust; it is about distrust. It is
about accountability, exposure, open debate, critical
challenge, and popular input and feedback from the citizenry.
It is about responsible government. We have to get our fellow
Americans to trust their leaders less and themselves more,
trust their own questions and suspicions, and their own desire
to know what is going on."
-- Michael Parenti
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