Ellis Island Quotes

10 quotes by 10 authors

• We must not forget that these men and women who file through the narrow gates at Ellis Island, hopeful, confused, with bundles of misconceptions as… — Walter Weyl
• You, the Spirit of the Settlement! ... Not understand that America is God's crucible, the great melting-pot where all the races of Europe are melting… — Israel Zangwill
• I'm here not just as an actress but as a woman, an African-American, a granddaughter of Ellis Island immigrants, a person who could not have… — Kerry Washington
• Whether our ancestors came here on the Mayflower, on slave ships, whether they came to Ellis Island or LAX in Los Angeles, whether they came… — William J. Clinton
• He looked like someone with a steerage ticket on the titanic. Somebody who'd be standing in line at Ellis Island. Undiluted and old-blooded. Also cute. — Rainbow Rowell
• Beginning with a trip out to Ellis Island, I saw for myself where thousands of European immigrants took their first steps onto American soil, bringing… — Paul Merton
• El Paso in many ways is the Ellis Island for Mexico and much of Latin America. — Beto O'Rourke
• My grandparents used to tell me stories about their trip to Ellis Island from Russia and life on the Lower East Side of New York. — James Gray
• Most American Jews came from the lower middle classes, and therefore they brought with them not a lot of Jewish culture. The American Jewish story… — Arthur Hertzberg
• No, my family is Russian, Georgian, via Ellis Island. — Mitch Kapor

Who Wrote These Ellis Island Quotes

10 authors contributed a total of 10 Ellis Island Quotes as follows:

• 1 Ellis Island Quote by William J. Clinton
• 1 Ellis Island Quote by Walter Weyl
• 1 Ellis Island Quote by Rainbow Rowell
• 1 Ellis Island Quote by Paul Merton
• 1 Ellis Island Quote by Mitch Kapor
• 1 Ellis Island Quote by Kerry Washington
• 1 Ellis Island Quote by James Gray
• 1 Ellis Island Quote by Israel Zangwill
• 1 Ellis Island Quote by Beto O'Rourke
• 1 Ellis Island Quote by Arthur Hertzberg