Refugee Quotes

145 Refugee quotes by 112 unique authors

The exile is a singular, whereas refugees tend to be thought of in the mass ... What is implied in these nuances of social standing… — Mary McCarthy
To all the survivors out there, I want them to know that we are stronger and more resilient than we ever knew. We survived, that… — Loung Ung
In 1934, the American Jewish charities offered to find homes for 300 German refugee children. We were on the SS Washington, bound for New York,… — Jack Steinberger
It is not enough to defend our values at home, in our newspapers and in our institutions. We also have to defend them in the… — Angelina Jolie
Modern man is a hard driven nomad without any stability, not (as the Bible has it) a wanderer or a pilgrim, but a refugee-an escapist.… — Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn
Only in America could a refugee girl from Central Europe become secretary of state. — Madeleine Albright
Women have always been the primary victims of war. Women lose their husbands, their fathers, their sons in combat. Women often have to flee from… — Hillary Clinton
This must be a world of democracy and respect for human rights, a world freed from the horrors of poverty, hunger, deprivation and ignorance, relieved… — Nelson Mandela
On the screen I saw tanks rolling through dusty streets, and fallen buildings, and forests of unfamiliar trees into which East Pakistani refugees had fled,… — Jhumpa Lahiri
Apart from my children, spending time with refugees was the greatest gift... the greatest life lesson I could ever receive. — Angelina Jolie
I would like to ask you all to see a ray of hope as well in the eyes and hearts of refugees and of those… — Pope Francis
Above all I ask leaders and legislators and the entire international community above all to confront the reality of those who have been displaced by… — Pope Francis
Dear friends, let us not forget the flesh of Christ which is in the flesh of refugees: their flesh is the flesh of Christ. It… — Pope Francis
You know, those of us who leave our homes in the morning and expect to find them there when we go back - it's hard… — Naomi Shihab Nye
World Refugee Day is a reminder that there is no 'us' and 'them.' There is only us, one human family, connected in ways we sometimes… — Ann Curry
Migrants and refugees are not pawns on the chessboard of humanity. They are children, women and men who leave or who are forced to leave… — Pope Francis
Sometimes I thought of the Peace Corps as a reverse refugee organization, displacing all of us lost Midwesterners, and it was probably the only government… — Peter Hessler
Migrants and refugees are not pawns on the chessboard of humanity — Pope Francis
We must do everything to ensure they [the Palestinian refugees] never do return — David Ben-Gurion
If you grant asylum to so many refugees, your house may be sacked sooner by the soldiers; I see that clearly. The question is, however,… — Vincent de Paul
Yes, I got my first Bolex camera a few weeks after being dropped in New York by the United Nations Refugee Organization. That was on… — Jonas Mekas
Jordan is the only Arab state that has provided citizenship to Palestinian refugees and integrated them. But something has to be done about the Palestinians… — Walter Russell Mead
I've always been in danger, but I don't mind. — Sima Samar
When I arrived in America, though I had left the war physically far behind, in my mind, the soldiers were still chasing to kill me,… — Loung Ung
While helping hundreds of thousands of refugees, Red Cross volunteers undoubtedly heard stories of Nazi brutality and rumors of mass gassings and they noted those… — David Duke

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