Saturday, May 22, 2010

Teddy Roosevelt On Assimilation | The American Pundit

Quotable Quotes: Teddy Roosevelt On Assimilation | The American Pundit
And yet Teddy understood that assimilation was necessary for the United States to remain a united country. We welcome immigrants, of course. After all, we’re a nation built by immigrants from the start. But we’re a melting pot and not a salad bowl. We must speak a common language and bear loyalty to a single flag. Immigrants are expected to assimilate to American values and culture, not the other way around.