My grandfather was Catholic; my grandmother, Jewish. Crossing over from Bavaria, as immigrants to the United States, the ship started to sink. My grandmother jumped overboard. My grandfather followed, to save this girl he had never met.
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Nationality: American Type: Politician Born: May 6, 1888 Death: January 15, 1981 |
“Every sect is a moral check on its neighbour. Competition is as wholesome in religion as in commerce.”
“I like today and perhaps a little future still, but the past is really something I'm not interested in. So, as far as I'm concerned, I like only the past of things and people I don't know. When I know, I don't care because I knew how it was.”