 Americanism is a question of spirit, conviction, and purpose, not of creed or birthplace. The politician who bids for the Irish or German vote, or the Irishman or German who votes as an Irishman or German, is despicable, for all citizens of this commonwealth...  The Ideals of Theodore Roosevelt - Page 183by Edward Howe Cotton - 1923 - 329 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Theodore Roosevelt - 1897 - 392 pages
...remains foreign, in language or spirit, is doomed. But I wish to be distinctly understood on one point. Americanism is a question of spirit, conviction, and purpose, not of creed or birthplace. The politician who bids for the Irish or German vote, or the Irishman or German who votes as an Irishman... | |
 | Theodore Roosevelt - 1897 - 544 pages
...remains foreign, in language or spirit, is doomed. But I wish to be distinctly understood on one point. Americanism is a question of spirit, conviction, and purpose, not of creed or birthplace. The politician who bids for the Irish or German vote, or the Irishman or German who votes as an Irishman... | |
 | 1902 - 624 pages
...remains foreign, in language or spirit, is doomed. But I wish to be distinctly understood on one point. Americanism is a question of spirit, conviction, and purpose, not of creed or birthplace. The politician who bids for the Irish or German vote, or the Irishman or German who votes as an Irishman... | |
 | Theodore Roosevelt - 1904 - 394 pages
...remains foreign, in language or spirit, is doomed. But I wish to be distinctly understood on one point. Americanism is a question of spirit, conviction, and purpose, not of creed or birthplace. The politician who bids for the Irish or German vote, or the Irishman or German who votes as an Irishman... | |
 | 1917 - 578 pages
...and Ohio Educational Monthly. erect monuments to perpetuate these sentiments. — William McKinley. Americanism is a question of spirit, conviction, and purpose, not of creed or birthplace. — Theodore Roosevelt. American civilization will imprint its flag upon the hearts of all who long... | |
 | Hanson Hart Webster - 1919 - 156 pages
...that all men are brothers, and that the Nation is merely an extension of the family. — Habberton. Americanism is a question of spirit, conviction, and purpose — not of creed or birthplace. — Roosevelt. Municipal government should be entirely divorced from party politics. — Parkhurst.... | |
 | Otto Jespersen - 1920 - 312 pages
...must learn to talk and think and be United States. I wish to be distinctly understood on one point. Americanism is a question of spirit, conviction, and purpose, not of creed or birthplace. The politician who bids for the Irish or German vote, or the Irishman or German who votes as an Irishman... | |
 | Edward Nelson Dingley - 1922 - 228 pages
...not really become a European, he only ceases being an American, and becomes nothing." Again he said: "Americanism is a question of spirit, conviction and purpose, not of creed or birthplace." We are concerned with the great drama of the present and the future. It forbids us to look at the future... | |
 | Edwin Hamlin Carr - 1922 - 314 pages
...before the alien gods whom our forefathers forsook. But I wish to be distinctly understood on one point. Americanism is a question of spirit, conviction, and purpose, not of creed or birthplace. The politician who bids for the Irish or German vote, or the Irishman or German who votes as an Irishman... | |
 | Edward Howe Cotton - 1923 - 360 pages
...St . Louis, he said with a smile: "I met Peter Dunne the other day. You all know Peter Dunne—Mr. Dooley. He said: 'Colonel, you want to watch out....persecutor. Roosevelt came naturally by this devotion tp America. He had had familiar experiences with municipal, state, and national government. Home training,... | |
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