Refugee Quotes · Page 3

'Deracine' is French for uprooting, or someone who's been displaced from their natural environment.

— Hidetaka Miyazaki

The particular refugee camp we were in, they were hungry for play, they were hungry for any kind of normalcy.

— Connie Sellecca

My identity is deeply intertwined with being a refugee because that's the first experience that I remember.

— Nguyen Viet Thang

We have to stop the killing. We need to let the refugees - we need to let Syrian citizens go home.

— Michael Mullen

Once upon a time refugee meant somebody who has a refuge, found a place, a haven where he could find refuge.

— Elie Wiesel

We don't have a refugee crisis in America; we have a racism crisis here.

— Phyllis Bennis

66 percent of Americans agree in a temporary ban of refugees entering the United States!

— Sean Hannity

I think the vetting we have for refugees is vastly better than the Europeans have.

— Michael Leiter

I'd like there to be less refugees. I'd like all girls to go to school. That's what we need to be thinking…

— Angelina Jolie

Despite very harsh living conditions and the trauma of what they went through, they [Sudanese refugees] had a lot of dignity

— Julien Clerc

I am sometimes sad when I hear the personal stories of Tibetan refugees who have been tortured or beaten. Some irritation, some…

— Dalai Lama

My own father was a refugee from the Spanish civil war in the 1930s, later going on to become a BBC radio…

— Michael Portillo

If 30 Australians drowned in Sydney Harbour, it would be a national tragedy. But when 30 or more refugees drown off the…

— Richard Flanagan

Almost every continent in the world, including our own, has refugees. But how often when we hear the word do we pause…

— Scott Simon

“The mentality of a refugee, forcibly expelled from his home, is not that of an emigrant who leaves to seek his fortune:…

— Anne Applebaum

I feel every medium of art needs to heal to some degree. It can't live in it's own void, and this came…

— Masiela Lusha

I believe that Israel must concede to the Palestinian right of return in principle. Israel must, first of all, assume its responsibility…

— Uri Avnery

the sudden violent dispossession accompanying a refugee flight is much more than the loss of a permanent home and a traditional occupation,…

— Dervla Murphy

What my bill would do would be only for refugees going forward. So I haven't taken a position on sending anyone home.…

— Rand Paul

In late 2011 there is an internal document called the Libya Tick Tock that was produced for Hillary Clinton, and it's the…

— Julian Assange

I'm not particularly optimistic, but I hope that the lack of alternatives will lead to it. I would like to remind you…

— Paolo Gentiloni

I think this century more than any other really has seen the phenomenon of people being uprooted in such numbers, such a…

— Elie Wiesel

The United States is doing our part by increasing the number of refugees we resettle and I want again to commend Angela…

— Barack Obama

If we offer something to Bangladesh, it's obvious that Bangladesh is offering something to us. And why shouldn't Bangladesh be able to…

— Indira Gandhi

I would like to ask you all to see a ray of hope as well in the eyes and hearts of refugees…

— Pope Francis

...We leave our homeland, our property and our friends. We give up the familiar ground that supports our ego, admit the helplessness…

— Chogyam Trungpa

Every chance at destabilizing [Bashar] Assad... the bombing campaign causes a flood of refugees into Jordan, there's already half a million in…

— Rand Paul

It's often frustrating when you're a war reporter and you're covering these places that far away. You're frustrated by making stories that…

— Rick Rowley

“Hassan said, "I'm a Kuwaiti exchange student; my dad's an oil baron." Colin shook his head, "Too obvious. I'm a Spaniard. A…

— John Green

For me, respect is an extremely important political term. Since I began campaigning, it has been at the heart of each of…

— Martin Schulz

“The boy went back to his family there, in the distance, in a distance he did not find there in the distance.…

— Mahmoud Darwish

40, 50 years ago, Americans - the majority of Americans did not want to accept these Vietnamese refugees who they saw as…

— Nguyen Viet Thang

A lasting solution, the possibility to begin a new life, is the only dignified solution for the refugee himself.

— Poul Hartling

You believe what you want to believe. You see, you don't have to live like a refugee.

— Tom Petty

Revolt, for you have nothing to lose but your chains and your [refugee] tents!

— George Habash

People have been born in refugee camps and they are getting tired of that.

— Javier Bardem

Every time, every time a tourist or an immigrant or a refugee shows up in another country there's a security risk.

— Justin Trudeau

Educate yourself, learn about what refugees face when they don't have homes, after they have lost everything.

— Khaled Hosseini

We're going to renegotiate our disastrous trade deals and illegal immigration. Stop the massive inflow of refugees.

— Donald Trump

I started my career with 'Refugee' in Bhuj. Now, it has become a full-fledged city.

— Kareena Kapoor Khan