Migrant Quotes

26 Migrant quotes by 24 unique authors

The comfortable people in tight houses felt pity at first, and then distaste, and finally hatred for the migrant people. — John Steinbeck
The library (in the migrant community) I grew up in was my only link to the outside world. — Luis Valdez
When I see the migrant workers broken bodies and eyes without hope, I want to embrace and wipe away their fears. It makes me angry… — Irene Fernandez
Immigration, a lexicon. You're a 'migrant' when you're very poor; 'immigrant' when you're not so poor; and 'expat' when you're rich. — Laila Lalami
I think that Canada is one of the most impressive countries in the world, the way it has managed a diverse population, a migrant economy.… — Barack Obama
One of the most important improvements in the No Child Left Behind Act for migrant students was the requirement for electronic transfer of migrant student… — Ruben Hinojosa
Poverty and the rule of race that is called apartheid drive the Transkeian migrant from security on the land to work in the cities, and… — Ruth First
My mother was very involved with Cesar Chavez's work on behalf of the migrant farm workers in California. — Caitlin Flanagan
As long as they are working, they should be legalized. I admire so much each and every migrant. They are the most loyal workers in… — Vicente Fox
Monsanto doesn't care about feeding the world. We have to think about the wage slavery of migrant workers and salary slavery of those who are… — Wendell Berry
I have a very powerful sense of place, but I have a very powerful sense of being a migrant, so it's both. It seems like… — Junot Diaz
It is virtually impossible to control Northern Kenya, which is populated chiefly by migrant nomads. — Richard Leakey
In Illinois, community, migrant, homeless and public housing health centers operate 268 primary care sites and serve close to 1 million patients every year. — Jan Schakowsky
When I left home after graduating high school, I left as a migrant agricultural worker with a Modern Library edition of Plato in my duffel… — Dallas Willard
Isn't it a characteristic of the age we live in that it has made everyone in a way a migrant and a member of a… — Amin Maalouf
I like talking about people who don't have any power and it seems like some of the least powerful people in the United States are… — Stephen Colbert
Not only after two or three centuries, but in a million years, life will still be as it was; life does not change, it remains… — Anton Chekhov
How do geese know when to fly to the sun? Who tells them the seasons? How do we, humans know when it is time to… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
I remember as a little girl going down to the beet fields in the Dakotas and in Nebraska and Wyoming as migrant workers when I… — Dolores Huerta
I spent my thirties living out of boxes and moving every six months to a year. It was my cloud period: I just wandered like… — Sandra Cisneros
I have issues with inheritance tax, particularly coming from a migrant family. My dad has worked incredibly hard all his life, so it seems odd… — Sanjeev Bhaskar
Both my parents were migrant workers who came to the U.K. in the Fifties to better themselves. The culture I grew up in was to… — Sanjeev Bhaskar
The Singaporean government, which represents legal migrant workers in employment disputes and claims of exploitation, requires that they stay in the country until the disputes… — Alan Huffman
My message to everyone: the next time you hear about migrant children near the border, just picture them as your own. Then think what you… — Al Sharpton
As soon as the harvest is in, you're a migrant worker. Afterwards just a bum. — Unknown Author

Who Wrote These Migrant Quotes

24 authors contributed a total of 26 Migrant Quotes as follows: