The people of this country are too tolerant. There's no other country in the world where they'd allow … - John Dos Passos

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John Dos Passos

The people of this country are too tolerant. There's no other country in the world where they'd allow it. . . After all we built up this country and then we allow a lot of foreigners, the scum of Europe, the offscourings of Polish ghettos to come and run it for us.

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