“We strain to tell Americans and aliens in this country that there's nothing unique about America, nothing unique about American civilization, nothing that requires their allegiance, nothing of great value that they should sacrifice for.” ShouldCountryAmericaValuesSacrificeCivilizationUniqueAliensStrainAllegianceGreat Value Author:Tom Tancredo
“If you call yourself an American that means that you have embraced the constitution, because that is what an American is. A citizen of the United States of America is someone who has sworn an oath of allegiance to that document, to the words, to the ideals of that document. Right now we have citizens who don't even understand what that document is.” IfsMeanStatesAmericaUnitedUnited StatesCitizensRight NowIdealsConstitutionDocumentsUnited States Of AmericaAllegianceOath Author:Scott Ritter
“But this is predicated upon the man's becoming in very fact an American and nothing but an American. If he tries to keep segregated with men of his own origin and separated from the rest of America, then he isn't doing his part as an American. There can be no divided allegiance here. . . We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language, for we intend to see that the crucible turns our people out as Americans, of American nationality, and not as dwellers in a polyglot boarding-house; and we have room for but one soul loyalty, and that is loyalty to the American people.” PeopleIfsMenTryingSoulFactsAmericaTurnsHouseLanguageRoomsBecomingLoyaltyDividedEnglish LanguageNationalityAllegianceCrucibleDwellersPolyglotsBoarding House Book:Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia Source: Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia
“World' is a large term, but man must enlarge his allegiance, considering himself in the light of a world citizen... A person who truly feels: 'The world is my homeland; it is my America, my India, my Philippines, my England, my Africa,' will never lack scope for a useful and happy life. His natural local pride will know limitless expansion; he will be in touch with creative universal currents.” KnowsMenWorldFeelsPersonsLightAmericaTermNaturalCreativePrideCitizensUniversalIndiaEnglandCurrentsLocalsHappy LifeConsideringExpansionScopeLimitlessAllegianceHomelandPhilippinesWorld Citizen Author:Paramahansa Yogananda
“There are two visions of America. One precedes our founding fathers and finds its roots in the harshness of our Puritan past. It is very suspicious of freedom, uncomfortable with diversity hostile to science, unfriendly to reason, contemptuous of personal autonomy. It sees America as a religious nation. It views patriotism as allegiance to God. It secretly adores coercion and conformity. Despite our constitution, despite the legacy of the Enlightenment, it appeals to millions of Americans and threatens our freedom.” TwoReasonAmericaPastFatherNationsReligiousViewsVisionMillionsAtheismDiversityEnlightenmentRootsConstitutionDespiteAppealsLegacyUncomfortableConformityAdoreFoundingHostileAutonomySuspiciousCoercionAllegianceOur Founding FathersPuritanHarshnessUnfriendlyContemptuous Author:Sherwin Wine
“We have room but for one Language here and that is the English Language, for we intend to see that the crucible turns our people out as Americans of American nationality and not as dwellers in a polyglot boarding-house.” PeopleAmericaTurnsHouseLanguageRoomsUnited States Of AmericaEnglish LanguageNationalityAllegianceCrucibleDwellersPolyglotsAmerican EnglishBoarding House Book:Letters: The days of Armageddon, 1909-1914 Source: Letters: The days of Armageddon, 1909-1914