"Most people prefer to believe
their leaders are just and fair even in the face of evidence to the
contrary, because once a citizen acknowledges that the government under
which he or she lives is lying and corrupt, the citizen has to choose
what he or she will do about it. To take action in the face of a corrupt
government entails risks of harm to life and loved ones. To choose to do
nothing is to surrender one's self-image of standing for principles.
Most people do not have the courage to face that choice. Hence, most
propaganda is not designed to fool the critical thinker but only to give
moral cowards an excuse not to think at all."
Michael Rivero
"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 else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but
one 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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