“My idea of the American dream, when it was our ambition to get to the United States, of course, was democracy.”
“Not everybody who supports Trump is a bigot, but the bigots tend to support Trump. So I’m very worried about their influence.”
“It was Winston Churchill who said, ‘The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.””
Renée’s journey to the United States was a fight for freedom and democracy. After escaping an authoritarian Communist regime and enduring years as a refugee, she found hope in the promise of the American Dream.
Her story is a powerful reminder of what’s at stake when divisive politics and extremist ideologies threaten the freedoms so many have fought for.
RKB is…
- 90 years old
- Female
- Straight
- White
- Czech
- Upper Middle Class
- Not religious but Catholic as a child