Oscar Handlin Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Once I thought to write a history of the immigrants in America. Then I discovered that the immigrants were American history.”
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“In times of shrinking expectations,... everyone feels like a victim and pushes away outsiders to defend his own corner.”
-- Oscar Handlin
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