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Revolution and Immigration
Revolution and Immigration
aredescendedfromimmigrantsandrevolutionists.
(FranklinDelanoRoosevelt)
FranklinDelanoRooseveltwasawiseman,andthisquoteofhis,evenmoreso
.
Inthisquotehestatesafactthatdoesntcometoourmindswhenwespeak
aboutmigration.Weaspeoplecriticizeimmigrantsforenteringourcountries
whereasweareindirectlyimmigrantsfromacertaingeneration.
A
stellar
exampletosupportthequoteisTheUnitedStatesofAmerica.
ThepeopleoftheUnitedStatesofAmericacomplainaboutthealarming
numberofimmigrantssettlingintheircountryyearafteryearbuttheydonot
realisethattheythemselvesareimmigrants.
MostoftheAmericanpeoplearethedescendantsoftheBritishandEuropean
settlerswhofirstcameinsearchoflandandcolonizedAmerica.
TheseBritishandEuropeannativesspreadacrossthecountrythroughoutthe
th th
th
16
,17and18
centuriesandwithoutreallynoticingit,majorityofthe
populationbecametheimmigrants.
Hepointsoutthatrealfoundationsofnationsarebasedonrevolutionists.
Beingarevolutionistmeansyouwouldratherdiefightingforfreedomthanbe
aprisonerallthedaysofyourlife.
Eventhoughpeoplecomplainaboutrevolutionistsintheshortterm,inthe
longtermrevolutionistsarerevered.
Someimmigrantsarepeoplemerelyhopingtogetachanceatabetterlife;
whileothersarerefugees,escapingpersecutionandwarsintheirown
country.
Animmigrantisjustanotherregularpersonbutwithadiscriminatorylabel
duetowhichheorshehastofacehatred.
Povertyistheparentofrevolutionandimmigration.
Thosewhomakepeacefulrevolutionimpossiblewillmakeviolentrevolution
inevitable.
Theindustrialrevolutionwasanotherofthoseextraordinaryjumpsforwardin
thestoryofcivilization.
Ournationisbuiltuponahistoryofimmigration,datingbacktoourfirst
pioneers,thePilgrims.
C
onservativesforgetthatcitizenshipismorethanjust
athingtowithholdfromimmigrants.Progressivesforgetitsmorethanaset
ofrights.
AnyonewhothinksitssmarttocutimmigrationissentencingAustraliato
poverty.
I
mmigrationisnotonlycompatiblewithbutisanecessary
componentofeconomicgrowth.
Immigrationisthesincerestformofflattery.
Noneofustrulybelongtoourhomeland.
Wearethesonsanddaughtersofrevolution.
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