Bob Dole Quotes

Instead of this confusion, we need the unifying force of an official language, English, which is the language of success in America.

Insist on one language. English for all Americans.

English should be acknowledged once and for all as the official language of the United States.

I'm against the idea of force-feeding all of Canada on two languages.

Language, especially in this country is a daily plebiscite.

Despite overwhelming support for the United States to adopt English as its official language, we have still not taken that important step.

Bottom line: this is the United States. And we speak English here.

After all, enforced national bilingualism in this country isn't mere policy. It has attained the status of a religion. It's a dogma which one is supposed to accept without question....Make no mistake. Canada is not a bilingual country. In fact it is less bilingual today than it has ever been...As a religion, bilingualism is the god that failed. It has led to no fairness, produced no unity, and cost Canadian taxpayers untold millions.

The English language is the law of the people of the United States.

Our confederacy must be viewed as the nest from which all America, North or South, is to be peopled … speaking the same language, governed in similar forms, and by similar laws.

A common language is critical to cohesion and national identity in an ethnically diverse society

You cannot have one or two million immigrants a year and still have English as the only official language of the country.

Bilingualism is a great asset for any individual, but it has perilous consequences for a nation.

It was decided almost two hundred years ago that English should be the language spoken in the United States. It is not known, however, why this decision has not been carried out.

The English Language Amendment says above all, 'Let's see to it that our children, our young people, learn English. Let us not deny them the opportunity to participate in American life, so that they can go as far as their dreams and talents can take them.

One limits oneself in this country if you come as a legal immigrant to this country and you choose to only speak your language whether it be Polish or Russian like many of my own relatives who came here if you speak only Russian and Polish you're limiting your opportunities in the United States.

The language we share is at the core of our identity as citizens, and our ticket to full participation in American political life. We can speak any language we want at the dinner table, but English is the language of public discourse, or the marketplace and of the voting booth.

If educators were really understanding of that, they'd say, "You know what? Forget about bilingual, we're going to do multilingual education." So children are ready for the new millennium. We're way behind compared to countries in Europe. If we were multilingual, imagine how much you would learn about your own culture, about the sensibilities of what's important in your own culture.

I've long believed that having multiple official languages makes it very hard to sustain a united polity.

English should be our official language. Reading and speaking English are requirements to become a citizen.

Citizens of Canada of whom any child has received or is receiving primary or secondary school instruction in English or French in Canada, have the right to have all their children receive primary and secondary school instruction in the same language.

The gift of a common tongue is a priceless inheritance and it may well some day become the foundation of a common citizenship.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: The official language of the state of Illinois shall hereafter be known as the "American" language and not as the "English" language.

It is a blessing for an individual to be bilingual, but it is a curse for a society to be bilingual… A society must be able to talk amongst itself.

Bilingualism is not an imposition on the citizens - it is an imposition on the state.