Quotes by Emma Lazarus

• Until we are all free, we are none of us free.
• The particular article ought in my opinion to be treated with absolute contempt. It is too vile to touch.
• My own curiosity and interest are insatiable.
• Jews are the intensive form of any nationality whose language and customs they adopt.
• 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.
• I am never going to write for the sake of writing.
• Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.