Refugees Quotes

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Environmental degradation, overpopulation, refugees, narcotics, terrorism, world crime movements, and organized crime are worldwide problems that don't stop at a nation's borders. — Warren Christopher
In the late 1990s, some of the worst terrorist atrocities in the world were what the Turkish government itself called state terror, namely massive atrocities,… — Noam Chomsky
Our laws were not designed to accommodate three or four thousand refugees coming here per day. Our laws were designed for people to be screened… — Jimmy Carter
Our policy is guided by the principle that we will keep unauthorized aliens out of the United States, welcome legal immigrants, and protect refugees from… — William J. Clinton
The Chinese describe themselves as political refugees. Many base that claim on China's strict population laws, which allow them to have only one child. But… — Ed Koch
Many of the self-described "political refugees" who come here make stopovers in other countries on their way to the U.S., in places where they would… — Ed Koch
So let us take our fair share of the true refugees and act responsible as a government in providing for their necessary expenses. Let us… — Alan K. Simpson
It is not healthy when a nation lives within a nation, as colored Americans are living inside America. A nation cannot live confident of its… — Pearl S. Buck
Refugee problems may often seem intractable but they are not insoluble. In our experience there are two basic prerequisites for solution: the political will of… — Sadako Ogata
It was a heavenly summer, the summer in which France fell and the British Expeditionary Force was evacuated from Dunkirk. Leaves were never such an… — Eva Ibbotson
[Israel will] create in the course of the next 10 or 20 years conditions which would attract natural and voluntary migration of the refugees from… — Yitzhak Rabin
If the refugees return to Israel, Israel will cease to exist. — Gamal Abdel Nasser
We are called to reach out to those who find themselves in the existential peripheries of our societies and to show particular solidarity with the… — Pope Francis
When I was in Paris, all of the German refugees began to flow in and it was a very sad time. — Elliott Carter
According to the reports we have gathered, mostly from the refugees, it appears that around 10,000 people have been killed in more than 100 massacres.… — Geoff Hoon
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
True Socialism, in which everyone is truly equal, does not just resemble a prison - it is a prison. It can not exist unless it… — Viktor Suvorov
If there are more and more environmental refugees, they are going to end up on your doorstep too. — Nina Fedoroff
I wish to call on you to join hands in the building of a world in which less people will be forced to flee, and… — Sadako Ogata
Kosovo is too close to Europe. It is not only close to Albania, it is close to Greece, Italy, Germany and Switzerland, where there are… — Fatos Nano

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