Immigration Quote by Elizabeth Strout

There is nothing more important for us in Maine than to welcome immigrants and help them not only become part of our community but…

— Sara Gideon

We have been, obviously both in Maine and nationally, enmeshed in this false narrative that's based on a fear of immigrants, when in fact…

— Sara Gideon

Too many Mainers are dependent on government handouts. Government dependency has not - and never will - create prosperity.

— Paul LePage

I think Maine needs people. It needs diversity. It needs to be able to respect people. Openness is crucial for this state because we…

— John Baldacci

As human beings in Maine, we, without question, value our families above anything and everything else and it is time for us to put…

— Sara Gideon

“The whole state of Maine is unlocked.”

— Jonathan Lethem

“But Maine is a special place: there's something about untold acres of natural beauty in concert with an underachieving public school system that leads…

— William Giraldi

“perhaps we are all immigrants trading one home for another first we leave the womb for air then the suburbs for the filthy city…

— Rupi Kaur

“Fitting is a luxury rarely given to immigrants, or children of immigrants. We are stuck in emotional purgatory. Home, somehow, is always the last…

— Scaachi Koul

“Refugees are not like you and me. They are you and me. That terrible river of the wretched and damned flowing through Europe is…

— Richard Flanagan

“you broke the ocean in half to be here. only to meet nothing that wants you. – immigrant”

— Nayyirah Waheed

“Jeez, Dougie,” I said, “I thought you were dead.” “Naw, I just wished I was dead. My dad got transferred to Arkansas, so I…

— Janet Evanovich