Refugee Quotes

145 Refugee quotes by 112 unique authors

To name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary. When we take away the right to an individual name, we… — Erica Jong
We live in the age of the refugee, the age of the exile. — Ariel Dorfman
The time has come to end the suffering and the plight of millions of Palestine refugees in the homeland and the Diaspora, to end their… — Mahmoud Abbas
You believe what you want to believe. You see, you don't have to live like a refugee. — Tom Petty
Because I became a refugee in Macau during 1941, we had this war in Hong Kong, I fought for the government as an air raid… — Stanley Ho
Today, as yesterday, a nation is judged by its attitude towards refugees, — Elie Wiesel
The refugee resettlement program is a kind of worldwide business. There is pressure to keep the numbers up even as you are struggling with the… — Romano L. Mazzoli
I'm walking insecurity. Without all this makeup, I look like a refugee when I get up in the morning.... I generally look like one major… — Connie Chung
I have committed myself to joy. I have come to realize that those who make space for joy, those who prefer nothing to joy, those… — Richard Rohr
The people have said yes to change and reform. The majority of the Palestinians have said yes to the slogan, 'Islam is the solution.' The… — Ismail Haniyeh
This should be a true peace, which leads to the end of occupation and aggression, to the return of refugees to their homes, to the… — Khaled Mashal
Any one who speaks in favor of bringing the Arab refugees back must also say how he expects to take the responsibility for it, if… — Golda Meir
When we ignore the prostituted child, we actually lend our hand to their abuse. When we ignore the widow and the orphan in their distress,… — Joel Houston
If we do not change our negative habits toward climate change, we can count on worldwide disruptions in food production, resulting in mass migration, refugee… — Michael Franti
Every time we walk along a beach some ancient urge disturbs us so that we find ourselves shedding shoes and garments or scavenging among seaweed… — Loren Eiseley
The hardship of living in a refugee camp made me psychologically strong. — Philip Emeagwali
Today three-quarters of the Palestinian people are displaced: there are 5 million Palestinian refugees throughout the world. — Ismail Haniyeh
Doesn't the world see the suffering of millions of Palestinians who have been living in exile around the world or in refugee camps for the… — Ismail Haniyeh
I hope that Americans will give careful and well-informed thought to root causes and historical realities, in which case I think they will question why… — Ismail Haniyeh
We are not only talking about waves of refugees coming to Greece, to Italy, and elsewhere. Destabilizing the Balkans means Lebanonization, and that means destabilizing… — Fatos Nano
Most of the approaches to peace between Israel and the Palestinians, have been directed at trying to resolve the most complex problems, like refugees and… — Benjamin Netanyahu
When was the last time you heard news accounts of a boatload of American refugees arrive on the shores of another country? — Marco Rubio
Childhood depression tends to be more common in inner cities, being most frequently related to serious social deprivation, bullying, domestic violence, wartime experience and famine.… — Robert Winston
Bad acting comes in many bags, various odors. It can be performed by cardboard refugees from an Ed Wood movie, reciting their dialogue off an… — James Wolcott
What's happening to movie critics is no different from what has been meted out to book, dance, theater, and fine-arts reviewers and reporters in the… — James Wolcott

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