Short Migration Quotes

SHORT MIGRATION QUOTES

Migration Quote 1 – Sr Anne Francoise

“Please take pity on these thousands of lives, torn apart by war. Please don’t forget us.
We need your prayers and your practical help!
Sr Anne-Francoise, Syria, 2016

Migration Quote 2 – Antoinio Gutteres

“We can’t deter people fleeing for their lives. They will come. The choice we have is how well we manage their arrival, and how humanely.”
Antonio Guterres

Migration Quote 3 – Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Migration Quote 4 – George Washington

I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind, to whatever nation they might belong.
George Washington

Migration Quote 5 – The Bible

“When a foreigner resides with you in your land, you shall not oppress the foreigner. The foreigner who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you; you shall love the foreigner as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.”
Leviticus 19:33-34

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