Country Quote by Charles Kennedy

Our nation is built on a proud history of providing refuge for the poor, persecuted, and disenfranchised.

— Jay Inslee

For centuries, our country has welcomed people fleeing religious persecution, war and humanitarian crises to create a better future for themselves and their futures.…

— Jaime Harrison

We cannot forget that we are a nation founded by refugees who were fleeing oppression and often fearful for their lives.

— Brad Schneider

Our country is a nation of immigrants, who, for centuries, have come here, fleeing persecution, bringing their dreams, their fears, and their hopes for…

— Jacky Rosen

Like many others, I'm deeply sympathetic to the huge numbers of people looking to come here today to escape suffering and poverty in their…

— Ed Koch

Country's opened its boundaries so wide that it embraces everything, and it gives everybody this new freedom to create now.

— Jay DeMarcus

We must be welcoming to those who flee their country because of violence and abject poverty in hopes of a better future - that's…

— Deb Haaland

I think we forget that, for a really long time, this country has been a place that has welcomed many refugees who have made…

— Ilhan Omar

“America has nothing to fear from these newcomers, that they have come here for the same reason that families came here 150 years ago—all…

— Barack Obama

We can be proud of our record as an international beacon of liberty. From fostering democracies in Eastern Europe to the stabilization of Iraq…

— Kay Bailey Hutchison

This new world hath been the asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty from every part of Europe. Hither have they…

— Thomas Paine

If we dig deep in our history and remember that we are not descendants from fearful people, we proclaim ourselves indeed as we are…

— George Clooney