“Books had been her means of escape; now they would be her refuge.” — Trenton Lee Stewart Copy Share Image
“At least 130,000 refugees have poured into Turkey in the past three days, fleeing the onslaught of the militants.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
With every generation comes a new wave of hopefuls: small-town escapees, European refugees, disaffected Londoners. — Amanda Foreman Copy Share Image
In the United States, we want to believe we will never become a country of refugees. — Nguyen Viet Thang Copy Share Image
We have moral duties to the dispossessed - and should be taking our fair share of Syrian refugees, particularly parentless children. — Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis Copy Share Image
Yes, and Syrians. There is a horrible crisis there and the United States has admitted virtually none of the refugees. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Refugees have done more for my heart and my spirit than I can ever express in words. — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
It is lunacy to be bringing refugees into this country who may be terrorists trying to murder Americans. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Sending genuine refugees to face persecution in order to dissuade others from seeking to come here is plainly illegal. — Sajid Javid Copy Share Image
Refugees come from many different backgrounds and live in many different circumstances, so I wouldn't like to generalise. But I think refugees… — Gillian Cross Copy Share Image
“the refugees’ safety was guaranteed, though most of them regarded Surinam as no more than a way station to somewhere else and… — Bernard Wasserstein Copy Share Image
When we were in Egypt, we were refugees. My family and I were homeless. For five years, out of all of the… — Luol Deng Copy Share Image
Thus, on this World Refugee Day, let us take time to recognize and draw inspiration from these ordinary people who have shown… — Antonio Guterres Copy Share Image
The latest computer modeling I've seen indicates that at mid-century, there might be 150 million people classified as "environmental refugees." — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
The time has come to end the suffering and the plight of millions of Palestine refugees in the homeland and the Diaspora,… — Mahmoud Abbas Copy Share Image
“The next morning, the refugees rose from their agitation to the realization that they were slowly being erased from the world, from… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Connecting small and medium-sized businesses to international markets can create work for host country nationals alongside refugees, building economic growth and resilience… — Arancha Gonzalez Copy Share Image
The refugees are not only going to be a demand on the country's resources, but also the refugees raise the possibility that… — Nguyen Viet Thang Copy Share Image
“The loneliness of the arab is a terrible thing; it is all consuming. It is already present like a little shadow under… — Diana Abu-Jaber Copy Share Image
At any rate, those problems [ non-proliferation regime for weapons of mass destruction ] would not be so acute, with numerous terror… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
“And if these objecting London-born men stuck their faces past their own dirty alleys — oh, far edges of the world —… — Michelle Butler Hallett Copy Share Image
In China, it was hard living as a young girl without my family. I had no idea what life was going to… — Lee Hyeon-seo Copy Share Image
[Hillary Clinton] was saying, "We never going to do anything in Iraq, we're not going to do anything in Syria." Enemies, do… — John McCain Copy Share Image
While starving refugees in Homs were providing target practice for government snipers, Bashar al-Assad's strongest international backer was in Sochi, at the… — George Packer Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“The women in that ward were simple, ordinary refugee women. They came from villages or very small towns. Even before becoming refugees,… — Cheryl Benard Copy Share Image
Cubans who arrive and can prove that they are refugees who are truly fleeing political persecution will continue to qualify as refugees.… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
There two other areas that are personally deeply important to me, that I hope the Homeland show can attend to in some… — Mandy Patinkin Copy Share Image
I would like to ask you all to see a ray of hope as well in the eyes and hearts of refugees… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“A circular letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to all German authorities abroad shortly after the November pogroms of 1918 stated:… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
“Naturalization, on the other hand, also proved to be a failure. The whole naturalization system of European countries fell apart when it… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
“ HOME no one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark you only run for the border when you… — Warsan Shire Copy Share Image
“At the edge of the field Silva and Stefan witnessed heartrending images in greyscale as thousands of desperate refugees streamed down the… — John Payton Foden Copy Share Image