64 Quotes About Refugee

A love I was in no position to receive despite desperately needing it. No. Not I with my castaway, homeless body. Where would I store it? It would fall right through me, sink into the depths of my void. I would have needed so much love, more than any one person is capable of giving, to fill that gaping hole at the center of my life. And, besides his love had been capricious, inconsistent, flighty.

As politicians weigh courses of action against their political agendas the death toll weighs heavy on the conscience of the world. The once vibrant Syrian streets are now haunted by the souls of the innocent and the historic monuments that told of an unrivalled Arab civilisation no longer stand tall.

America was built by refugees, and as such, if this land can't be a refuge for the subjugated and persecuted, then it is an insult on our very existence as the great land of the free and brave.

The founders of America were more criminal than modern immigrants – you know why – because the founders of America didn’t only enter this land illegally, but after entering they drove the natives out of their own home, whereas all that the immigrants of today want is to have a better life for their family. Now tell me – who are the real criminals?

When an entire segment of the world is burned and reduced to a lawless battleground for thugs and mercenaries, a land where government does not exist, where the slate of history is being wiped out and hope has drowned in gallons of innocent blood, the only respite comes in the form of the open seas and what lies beyond the horizon. So ships are boarded and pain is tolerated just a little while longer.

The most important thing is our dignity. If we have that we can survive on bread and water.

Jesus wept:This Prophet, Priest, KingHas a: Holy, Priesthood, Chosen!This Refugee, Homeless, HealerHas a Celebrity, TV, Mega - church?God business to show business.Where did it go wrong?Jesus weeps.

And so you carriedlife for the world, Mary,as you fled,to protect that very lifefrom threats of death.Joining the world's mass of displaced peopleyou becameRefugee,Alien,Immigrant,Homeless,and settled in a foreign land--the only placeto safely nurtureyour fragile dream.Like so many other womenwho flee violence,clutching their babies,you crossed the border defining youa stranger,dependent on foreign aid, welfareand hand-outs--the charity of others--to feed the Son of God.

But what America did was a basic human obligation. It is the obligation of every person born in a safer room to open the door when someone in danger knocks. It is your duty to answer us, even if we don’t give you sugary success stories.