“You talk about a tide of history. Well, there are some occasions when one man seems to stand his ground and just refuses to accept getting washed away. That's how we arrogant Americans won the New World. And that's how you, Mr Churchill, have saved the Old World. But for you, the whole of Europe would by now be one vast concentration camp. Nobody's ever going to forget that.” WarWorld War IiChurchill Book:Last Man to Die Source: Last Man to Die
“As a Gurs inmate remarked to an American consul: "To you, we are just numbers. To us, you are the god who has the right to open the gates of the promised land or keep shut that door and condemn us to despair.” ImmigrationWorld War IiWwiiRefugeesJewish HistoryAsylum Seekers Book:The Unwanted: America, Auschwitz, and a Village Caught In Between Source: The Unwanted: America, Auschwitz, and a Village Caught In Between