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The Statue of Liberty - the rest of the story Every nation must alter its history. The true story would show bad as well as good, a no-no. Consider Emma Lazarus's words on America's Statue of Liberty: "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore, Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, I lift my lamp beside the golden door." Emma well knew the rest of the story but couldn't tell it: "And I will build a nation on their toil at minimum wage, and exploit their vulnerabilities, and provide those among them willing to oppress their own with the opportunity for field promotion." "Dream yes, but also wake up."

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