Emigration Quotes

27 quotes by 24 authors

Emigration, forced or chosen, across national frontiers or from village to metropolis, is the quintessential experience of our time. — John Berger
The prodigious waste of human life occasioned by this perpetual struggle for room and food, was more than supplied by the mighty power of population,… — Thomas Malthus
The bond between a man and his profession is similar to that which ties him to his country; it is just as complex, often ambivalent,… — Primo Levi
The emigration of Jews from the Soviet Union is not an objective of American foreign policy. And if they put Jews into gas chambers in… — Henry A. Kissinger
The proposed policy [of raising the level of public service in the occupied territories] may clash with our intention to encourage emigration from both [Gaza]… — Moshe Dayan
The hopes of Europe's six million Jews are centered on emigration. I was asked, 'Can you bring six million Jews to Palestine?' I replied, 'No'....From… — Chaim Weizmann
What becomes of the surplus of human life? It is either, 1st. destroyed by infanticide, as among the Chinese and Lacedemonians; or 2d. it is… — James Madison
Civilisation has ever accompanied emigration and conquest - the conflict of opinion, of religion, or of race — Alfred Russel Wallace
Thus we behold Kentucky, lately an howling wilderness, the habitation of savages and wild beasts, become a fruitful field; this region, so favourably distinguished by… — Daniel Boone
On the subject of emigration, it is not my intention to dwell at any length. — Charles Sturt
We shall experience the final defeat of liberalism not when immigration but when emigration is forbidden — Jo Grimond
A great emigration necessarily implies unhappiness of some kind or other in the country that is deserted. — Thomas Malthus
They must remember that they are constantly on the run, and that the world's reality is actually expressed by their escape. — Hannah Arendt
Let us depart! the universal sun Confines not to one land his blessed beams; Nor is man rooted, like a tree, whose seed, the winds… — Robert Southey
I am not (yet) facing the problem of emigration. I want my music to be acknowledged here first of all, in this country: after that,… — Alfred Schnittke
[The proposed establishment] will have a . . . tendency to banish our Citizens. . . . To superadd a fresh motive to emigration by… — James Madison
Migration - whether emigration or return - at the micro level is an individual choice, and government both at the Centre and the states have… — Vayalar Ravi
It may be that Emerson is going to hell, but of one thing I am certain; he will change the climate there, and emigration will… — Edward Taylor
How emigration is actually lived - well, this depends on many factors: education, economic station, language, where one lands, and what support network is in… — Daniel Alarcon
Emigration is no longer a solution; it's a defeat. People are risking death, drowning every day, but they're knocking on doors that are not open. — Tahar Ben Jelloun

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