“His nation of liberty was founded on the backs of Negro slaves and at the cost of exterminating the aborigines. As far as I can tell, the Yankee’s idea of freedom is his right to carry a pistol with which he may shoot strangers in the street.”

Part 3 “The Island Out There” Chapter 1 (p. 287)
Mendoza in Hollywood (2000)

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