Emma Lazarus Quotes

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.
Emma Lazarus

Tired, Give, Free

I am never going to write for the sake of writing.
Emma Lazarus

Writing, Write, Sake

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.
Emma Lazarus

Two, Hatred, Between

Jews are the intensive form of any nationality whose language and customs they adopt.
Emma Lazarus

Language, Whose, Jews

My own curiosity and interest are insatiable.
Emma Lazarus

Interest, Curiosity, Insatiable

The particular article ought in my opinion to be treated with absolute contempt. It is too vile to touch.
Emma Lazarus

Opinion, Touch, Treated

Until we are all free, we are none of us free.
Emma Lazarus

Free, Until, None

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Poet

Born: July 22, 1849

Died: November 19, 1887

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