Top 10 most inspiring quotes by Emma Lazarus
- Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.
- Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.
- I am perfectly conscious that this contempt and hatred underlies the general tone of the community towards us, and yet when I even remotely hint at the fact that we are not a favorite people I am accused of stirring up strife and setting barriers between the two sects.
- Jews are the intensive form of any nationality whose language and customs they adopt.
- The particular article ought in my opinion to be treated with absolute contempt. It is too vile to touch.
- Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore, send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me: I lift my lamp beside the golden door.
- Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of exiles.
- Let our first care today be the re-establishment of our physical strength, the reconstruction of our national organism, so that in future, where the respect due to us cannot be won by entreaty, it may be commanded, and where it cannot be commanded, it may be enforced.
- The Jewish problem is as old as history, and assumes in each age a new form. The life or death of millions of human beings hangs upon its solution; its agitation revives the fiercest passions for good and for evil that inflame the human breast.
- The soul, at peace, reflects the peace without, Forgetting grief as sunset skies forget The morning’s transient shower.
Emma Lazarus (1849–1887) was an American poet, essayist, and advocate best known for her sonnet “The New Colossus,” which graces the base of the Statue of Liberty. Born in New York City, she was raised in a well-off Jewish family with a passion for literature and social justice.
Lazarus began writing poetry at a young age and gained recognition for her work in both literary and social circles. Her poems often reflected her concern for the plight of immigrants and marginalized communities. “The New Colossus,” written in 1883, encapsulates her empathy for immigrants and their pursuit of freedom in the United States.
Lazarus was deeply involved in charitable activities, working with organizations that helped refugees and immigrants. Her writings and speeches advocated for Jewish rights and the importance of embracing cultural diversity.
Tragically, Lazarus passed away at the age of 38 due to Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Despite her short life, her legacy lives on through her poetry and her enduring impact on American ideals of inclusion and refuge for those seeking a better life.
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