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The Citizen's Almanac - uscis

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George Washington“<strong>The</strong> bosom of America is open to receive not only theOpulent and respectable Stranger, but the oppressedand persecuted of all Nations And Religions; whom weshall welcome to a participation of all our rights andprivileges, if by decency and propriety of conduct theyappear to merit the enjoyment.” H 1783President George Washington.Courtesy of the Library of Congress,LC-H824-T-P01-016Thomas Jefferson“Born in other countries, yet believing you could be happyin this, our laws acknowledge, as they should do, yourright to join us in society, conforming, as I doubt notyou will do, to our established rules. That these rulesshall be as equal as prudential considerations will admit,will certainly be the aim of our legislatures, general andparticular.” H 1801President Thomas Jefferson.Courtesy of the Independence NationalHistorical Park Collection, Philadelphia, PAAbraham Lincoln“Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a commoncountry, and should dwell together in the bonds of fraternal feeling.” H 186076

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