Refugees Quotes

“Mostly, I wish I were still smart.”

— Thanhha Lai

I've identified all my life with refugees.

— Vanessa Redgrave

“We glide and I feel as if I'm floating.”

— Thanhha Lai

Syrian refugees are Trojan horses.

— Donald Trump

I was the child of refugees.

— Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Israel is duty-bound to take in refugees.

— Isaac Herzog

“When people make wars, they make refugees.”

— Michael Morpurgo

“We are all refugees from our childhoods.”

— Anonymous

Accepting Syrian refugees into the United States is an emotional issue.

— Pete Hoekstra

Banning refugees from fleeing west Africa is like shuttering up the windows while a house burns down.

— Sarah Hanson-Young

There is a connection between the issue of refugees and the battle against the so-called Islamic State.

— Thomas de Maiziere

When I was in Paris, all of the German refugees began to flow in and it was a very sad time.

— Elliott Carter

We refugees, we become always a punchbag. A political punchbag between China and South Korea and North Korea.

— Lee Hyeon-seo

I think we need to do two things - or three things. One is we need to put a stop on refugees…

— Ryan Zinke

“Naked on the bank, they looked like refugees waiting for the mercy of sepsis. It”

— Bobby Adair

My commitment to refugees comes from a very personal place.

— Alek Wek

Today three-quarters of the Palestinian people are displaced: there are 5 million Palestinian refugees throughout the world.

— Ismail Haniyeh

Refugees come to us seeking asylum, seeking freedom, justice and dignity - seeking a chance just to breathe. And people in our…

— Mandy Patinkin

There are many war refugees and three times as many climate refugees. All of them are people who can no longer live…

— Vivienne Westwood

“However, the beach is cluttered with 12-year-old "Howdy-Doody" refugees, making the walk to the beach both annoying and hazardous.”

— Chris Mauro Mickey Dora

We also can't be naïve when it comes to the refugees. Men who commit violence should of course be deported to their…

— Alice Schwarzer

The media is more concerned with what we feel about the refugees and so on rather than what we think about them.

— Paul Virilio

There are many refugees, if not more refugees inside the country than outside the country. There is also the question of working…

— Robert Mugabe

The refugees flee to protect their families from violence; the Europeans, on the other hand, fear for their jobs that they need…

— Jane Goodall

Immigrants who come to a country are going to lose something, for sure, but they hope to gain a great deal by…

— Nguyen Viet Thang

I know I'm not going to say good-bye. And if these staggering refugees want to help, if they think they see something…

— Isaac Marion

The screening in the United States is the toughest screening of any country in the world in terms of refugees, that accepts…

— Lawrence O'Donnell

“Refugees are not a monolith. Each journey is unique. Some arrive with dreams and aspirations; others carry the heavy burdens of trauma…

— Hagir Elsheikh

Refugees are threatening, not just to Americans, but also in many countries the world over. And it's partially because, unlike immigrants, refugees…

— Nguyen Viet Thang

Ethiopia is a major contributor to peace and security in Africa, the U.S.'s ally in the fight against violent extremists, and has…

— Tom Malinowski

It's amazing that Europe says, "What are we going to do with these refugees?" It's as if it doesn't realize that being…

— Michael Hudson

Our laws were not designed to accommodate three or four thousand refugees coming here per day. Our laws were designed for people…

— Jimmy Carter

“Over the years I forced myself to be creative in how I covered the same scenes over and over. I started shooting…

— Lynsey Addario

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

— Pope Francis

I met with many of - a number of [Syrian] refugees in Berlin the other day, and I was struck by how…

— John F. Kerry

“Naturalization, on the other hand, also proved to be a failure. The whole naturalization system of European countries fell apart when it…

— Hannah Arendt

“A circular letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to all German authorities abroad shortly after the November pogroms of 1918 stated:…

— Hannah Arendt

“The Palestinians were deliberately forced into refugee camps by their fellow Muslims and not permitted to integrate in any way into the…

— Hal Lindsey

“That concentration camps were ultimately provided for the same groups in all countries, even though there were considerable differences in the treatment…

— Hannah Arendt

“And yet, over the years I've met so many people like Jared who seem to be more at home, happier, living in…

— Eric Weiner