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"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2016 OP
Sadly, far too many people believe that the sentence reads tymorial Sep 2016 #1
Unfortunately, that's beginning to describe the residents as much as the immigrants.. whathehell Sep 2016 #2
And what should those experiencing that decline hold responsible? maxsolomon Sep 2016 #4
I agree completely. whathehell Sep 2016 #5
Said no Trump supporter, ever... COLGATE4 Sep 2016 #3
That's from One of America's Greatest Poems! Please Check Out the Whole Thing! (It's Short!) workersuntie Sep 2016 #6

tymorial

(3,433 posts)
1. Sadly, far too many people believe that the sentence reads
Thu Sep 1, 2016, 07:09 AM
Sep 2016

Give me your white tired, your white poor, your white huddled masses yearning to breathe free.

whathehell

(29,094 posts)
2. Unfortunately, that's beginning to describe the residents as much as the immigrants..
Thu Sep 1, 2016, 07:17 AM
Sep 2016

The terrible decline in our middle class.

workersuntie

(34 posts)
6. That's from One of America's Greatest Poems! Please Check Out the Whole Thing! (It's Short!)
Thu Sep 1, 2016, 02:00 PM
Sep 2016

The New Colossus

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.

"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Colossus

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