City of Dreams Quotes

“Those who make their patriotism a vehicle for intolerance are very dangerous.”
― Tyler Anbinder, City of Dreams: The 400-Year Epic History of Immigrant New York

“Americans in the first quarter of the twentieth century became convinced that Reed was right—that the new immigrants were demonstrably inferior to those from previous generations and that the new wave of immigration, if left unchecked, would dilute the nation’s Anglo-Saxon bloodlines and leave the United States a poorer, weaker, less “American” nation.”
― Tyler Anbinder, City of Dreams: The 400-Year Epic History of Immigrant New York

“do you not realize that the State is the worst enemy you have? It is a machine that crushes you in order to sustain the ruling class, your masters . . . Wake up . . . Become daring enough to demand your rights”
― Tyler Anbinder, City of Dreams: The 400-Year Epic History of Immigrant New York

“Every American must feel a thrill of pride and gratitude in the thought that his country is the refuge of the oppressed, . . . and however wretched be the material offered to him from the refuse of other nations, he accepts it with generous hospitality.”
― Tyler Anbinder, City of Dreams: The 400-Year Epic History of Immigrant New York

“The United States, he wrote in 1811, was “a land of peace and plenty, . . . the garden spot of the world; a happy asylum for the banished children of oppression.”
― Tyler Anbinder, City of Dreams: The 400-Year Epic History of Immigrant New York

“watering holes had been packed for hours, with revelers throwing back shots of whiskey, hot toddies, and eggnog as they prepared to brave the cold for the traditional outdoor countdown. It seemed as if every city resident, young and old,”
― Tyler Anbinder, City of Dreams: The 400-Year Epic History of Immigrant New York