© Marion Palfi, 1948, In the Shadow of the Capitol

“There is something good and motherly about Washington, the grand old benevolent National Asylum for the helpless.” (Mark Twain, “The Gilded Age”)

© Marion Palfi, ca. 1946-1949, New York Lower Eastside under the Brooklyn Bridge

“We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race.” (Kofi Annan)