Mary Antin Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“The czar always got his dues, no matter if it ruined a family.”

“No, the czar did not want us in the schools.”

“As we moved along in a little procession, I was delighted with the illumination of the streets. So many lamps, and they burned until morning, my father said, and so people did not need to carry lanterns.”

“In the evening of the first day my father conducted us to the public baths.”

“You heard on all sides that the brightest Jewish children were turned down if the examining officers did not like the turn of their noses.”

“There was one public school for boys, and one for girls, but Jewish children were admitted in limited numbers - only ten to a hundred; and even the lucky ones had their troubles.”