Our forefathers came to this country from many lands, but today we’re all in the same ship, the same house, here.
John Lewis
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- University of South Alabama Fall Commencement, December 12, 2015; Complete 21-word sentence quoted in the host university’s contemporaneous report by Alice Jackson. Report and surrounding shared-house metaphor read; direct quotation, not reporter’s paraphrase.
- University of South Alabama Fall Commencement, December 12, 2015
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