"There are men, in all ages, who mean to exercise power usefully; but who mean to exercise it. They mean to govern well; but they mean to govern. They promise to be kind masters; but they mean to be masters." Daniel Webster

Saturday, January 2, 2010

How Dagger John Saved New York's Irish

At one point, Irish immigrants were the dregs of American society. This old but interesting article from City Journal talks about how they were assmilated into the mainstream.

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