I received an email not long ago with a supposed speech by Theodore Roosevelt. While not actually one of his speeches (it was a letter) and not written while he was president, it was true. Here is the content of the email:
‘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… (more…)
Random Thoughts on Politics and Religion 