How about a thread for great quotations?
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RE: How about a thread for great quotations?
"Far better is it to dare mighty things than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy or suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat"
Teddy Roosevelt
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RE: How about a thread for great quotations?
Theodore Roosevelt's Ideas on Immigration 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 elso also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but 1 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
"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 elso also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but 1 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
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RE: How about a thread for great quotations?
ORIGINAL: Kimber
Theodore Roosevelt's Ideas on Immigration 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 elso also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but 1 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
Theodore Roosevelt's Ideas on Immigration 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 elso also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but 1 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
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RE: How about a thread for great quotations?
Here's one that no one has posted yet....for all the naysayers and finger pointers in the world.
"let he who is without sin cast the first stone" >> Jesus
"let he who is without sin cast the first stone" >> Jesus
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RE: How about a thread for great quotations?
What happened?
What happened to our great leaders, we have not had a truly great leader in a long time.
Truly great quotes come from truly great communicators. Language and the ability to use itin orderarticulate a thought seems to be a lost art. Communication is the key to everything, why does this forum work? what keeps a marriage strong? what resolves deferences? Truly great leaders know this, and they can inspire, and let me tell you nothing is stronger than a group of people who are inspired. That is what makes the Marine Corps so effective, and that is what makes the radicals so dangerous. They are not just radicals they are inspired. It is whatmade us great, and it what our country has lacked for a long time.
We once had great leaders, great leaders of men: Lincoln, Jackson, Truman, Eisenhower, Roosevelt (Teddy and Franklin), Kennedy, Reagan, McArthur, Patton (I know I left some out),these are only a few. No matter what you think of their politics, no matter what you think of their achievements or failures, they were all great communicators, and they inspired a nation, and a nation followed. We need this now more than ever
Ok, sorry
I will get off my soap box
This was a great thread
What happened to our great leaders, we have not had a truly great leader in a long time.
Truly great quotes come from truly great communicators. Language and the ability to use itin orderarticulate a thought seems to be a lost art. Communication is the key to everything, why does this forum work? what keeps a marriage strong? what resolves deferences? Truly great leaders know this, and they can inspire, and let me tell you nothing is stronger than a group of people who are inspired. That is what makes the Marine Corps so effective, and that is what makes the radicals so dangerous. They are not just radicals they are inspired. It is whatmade us great, and it what our country has lacked for a long time.
We once had great leaders, great leaders of men: Lincoln, Jackson, Truman, Eisenhower, Roosevelt (Teddy and Franklin), Kennedy, Reagan, McArthur, Patton (I know I left some out),these are only a few. No matter what you think of their politics, no matter what you think of their achievements or failures, they were all great communicators, and they inspired a nation, and a nation followed. We need this now more than ever
Ok, sorry
I will get off my soap box
This was a great thread
