FastSaying

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.

Emanuel Celler

Emanuel Celler

CatholicCrossingFollowedGirlGrandfatherGrandmotherHadHeImmigrantsJewishMetNeverOverOverboardSaveShipSinkStartedStatesUnitedUnited States

Related Quotes

The population forecast for the United States in 1970 is 170 million. The population forecast for Russia alone in 1970 is 251 million. The implications are clear.
— Emanuel Celler
AloneClearForecast
The rate of population growth in the United States is slightly below that required to reproduce itself.
— Emanuel Celler
BelowGrowthItself
Communism feeds on aggression, hatred, and the imprisonment of men's minds and souls. This shall not take root in the United States.
— Emanuel Celler
AggressionCommunismFeeds
God did not burden the United States with a diversity of backgrounds, ideas and religions, He blessed America with them.
— Emanuel Cleaver
AmericaBackgroundsBlessed
No one will frighten the large and free Jewish community of the United States.
— Menachem Begin
CommunityFreeFrighten