Like Bancroft, MacIntyre had been a man of power, and like all men of power, when he talked of prices worth paying, you could be sure of one thing. Someone else was paying.

Richard K. Morgan
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In the poem “The New Colossus,” Emma Lazarus writes, “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.” She was speaking about immigrants and refugees seeking a better life in America. She was calling on the American people to take in these people who were less fortunate than they were. This is a great example of a person speaking out to help others. Instead, he offered a quote which was misunderstood and made into a negative thing.

Source: Altered Carbon

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