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> [“Our citizens must act as Americans; not as Americans with a prefix and qualifications; not as Irish-Americans, German-Americans, native Americans—but as Americans pure and simple.28 We must have only one language here, he said, “the language of the Declaration of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-beth-smith/our-citizens-must-act-as-americans-not-as-americans-with-a-prefix-and-2/)

[Mary Beth Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-beth-smith/)

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## More by Mary Beth Smith

> [“As yet no nation can hold its place in the world, or can do any work really worth doing, unless it stands ready to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-beth-smith/as-yet-no-nation-can-hold-its-place-in-the-world-or-can-do-any-work/)

[Mary Beth Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-beth-smith/)

> [“You were an American now and don’t let him hear you call yourself an Irish-American or a German-American.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-beth-smith/you-were-an-american-now-and-don-t-let-him-hear-you-call-yourself-an/)

[Mary Beth Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-beth-smith/)

> [“He was the one who gave Maxwell House Coffee their slogan: “Good to the last drop!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-beth-smith/he-was-the-one-who-gave-maxwell-house-coffee-their-slogan-good-to-the/)

[Mary Beth Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-beth-smith/)

> [“Our citizens must act as Americans; not as Americans with a prefix and qualifications; not as Irish-Americans, German-Americans, native Americans—but as Americans pure and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-beth-smith/our-citizens-must-act-as-americans-not-as-americans-with-a-prefix-and/)

[Mary Beth Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-beth-smith/)

> [“But justice and generosity in a nation, as in an individual, count most when shown not by the weak but by the strong.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-beth-smith/but-justice-and-generosity-in-a-nation-as-in-an-individual-count-most/)

[Mary Beth Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-beth-smith/)

> [“Our citizens must act as Americans; not as Americans with a prefix and qualifications; not as Irish-Americans, German-Americans, native Americans—but as Americans pure and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-beth-smith/our-citizens-must-act-as-americans-not-as-americans-with-a-prefix-and-2/)

[Mary Beth Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-beth-smith/)

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