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“There can be no more ancient and traditional American value than ignorance. English-only speakers brought it with them to this country three centuries ago, and they quickly imposed it on the Africanswho were not allowed to learn to read and writeand on the Native Americans, who were simply not allowed.”
—Barbara Ehrenreich (b. 1941)
“The American has dwindled into an Odd Fellowone who may be known by the development of his organ of gregariousness.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
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