“Eternal is the fact that the human creature born in Ireland and brought up in its air is Irish. I have lived for twenty years in Ireland and for seventy-two in England; but the twenty came first and in Britain I am still a foreigner and shall die one.” YearsFirstsHumansStillsTwoFactsDiesBornAirCreaturesEternalEnglandTwentiesBritainIrelandSeventiesForeignersBeing IrishIreland And The Irish Author:George Bernard Shaw
“Unfortunately there are still people in other areas who regard New York City not as part of the United States, but as a sort of excrescence fastened to our Eastern shore and peopled by the less venturesome waves of foreigners who failed to go West to the genuine American frontier.” PeopleStillsStatesUnitedCitiesUnited StatesNew YorkAreasRegardWestWaveGenuineShoreNew York CityEasternFrontiersForeigners Book:Working for the People: Promise and Performance in Public Service Source: Working for the People: Promise and Performance in Public Service
“Hospitality still survives among foreigners, although it is buried under false pride among the poorest Americans.” StillsPrideBuriedHospitalityForeignersPoorestHull HouseFalse Pride Book:The Jane Addams Reader Source: The Jane Addams Reader