Ray Lyman Wilbur Quotes
If you know a better place to live right now than this country, get a ticket and try to get there.
Ray Lyman Wilbur, 1875–1949, United States Secretary of the Interior.(Republican), Address to The Stanford Student Body, 1940
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Seeger had been a Communist in his youth and left the Party after Stalin’s excesses were disclosed, but he always espoused liberal causes like civil rights, rights of labor, freedom of speech and he was against the Vietnam War. Critics always accused him of hating America because he found fault with so much. See {639853} for more of his views on the subject.
The concern over Hispanic immigrants were at a high point and Latinos in America staged a national demonstrations and in many cases sang the National Anthem in Spanish. When she was told immediately after she expressed her view that her husband had said that our National Anthem was to be sung only in English, she then agreed that it should be sung in English. This quotation is used by some to illustrate that the First Lady had much more compassionate and tolerant views than her husband.
The requirement for citizenship required the applicant to petition—make a true declaration. The issues of that day that Americans were concerned about were anarchy, polygamy, and loyalty to other nations. A century later, terrorism has taken the place of anarchy as the major concern. Polygamy is no longer an issue, and America allowed citizens to have dual citizenships with many other counties.
The Congressman represented a heavily Italian district that was very ambivalent about fighting for America in World War I. He addressed his constituents.
Ataturk was one of the few revolutionary leaders who appreciated the importance of maintaining a Republic over time and allowed for the possibility that the revolutionary government might become corrupt. So like Thomas Jefferson, he always told citizens to be ever vigilant. In the case of Turkey, on several occasions fundamentalist religious forces have attempted to regain control of the secular republic and the government and mindful of Ataturk’s warnings the Army and other forces have rallied to keep Turkey independent and secular.
Ray Lyman Wilbur was an American medical doctor who served as the third president of Stanford University and was the 31st United States Secretary of the Interior.
