One smart man!

Teddy Roosevelt was one smart man! If only we had this sort of leadership today our country wouldn't be in its current state.


Theodore Roosevelt 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


I'm first generation Cuban American and let me tell you this makes sense to me. I grew up knowing that I was an American and that I should love my country. My parents spoke English to the best of their abilities and though they spoke Spanish in their home to each other I was expected to speak English at all times. To this day I can understand Spanish perfectly but speaking it takes some effort. Some say I should hold on to my heritage. I say my heritage is American. I don't disrespect my origins but by God I know where I came from and thank God I born here!