Alive Quote by E. L. Doctorow

“It is the immigrant hordes who keep this country alive, the waves of them arriving year after year… Who believes in America more than the people who run down the gangplank and kiss the ground?” quote by E. L. Doctorow — Download Open image

“It is the immigrant hordes who keep this country alive, the waves of them arriving year after year… Who believes in America more than the people who run down the gangplank and kiss the ground?”

E. L. Doctorow

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