“It is true that I have not come on the Mayflower but I came as fast as I could.”

— Anton Cermak

In response to "Big Bill" Thomson, who made fun of his origins in Bohemia
Francois Hollande, June 15, 2007, in the magazine History, No. 339, Chicago Record, "The Saga of a Democratic stronghold," p. 43, appeared in February 2009, Pap Ndiaye and Caroline Rolland.

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