Castle Garden Immigration Station Aug 12, 2008
Castle Garden is the real golden door Emma Lazarus described in her 1883 sonnet, The New Colossus. She wrote: "Give me your tired, your poor;Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the Golden Door!" Her words are inscribed on the Statue of Liberty. (Suite101.com)
LETTER: US exporting messes, not importing masses Jul 17, 2008
In 1903, a plaque was placed on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, bearing these lines of a poem by Emma Lazarus. Give me your tired, your poor. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Statue's Crown Open for Business? Jul 5, 2008
An inscription on the base, by poet Emma Lazarus, reads: "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-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!". Share. (Fox News)
Revolutionary Women Jun 29, 2008
Each two-page spread spotlights an individual, from Frenchman Edouard de Laboulaye, who got the idea that France should give a gift to the United States for its 100th anniversary, to Auguste Bartholdi, who sculpted the statue, to structural engineer Gustave Eiffel, to Emma Lazarus, who wrote the "Give me your tired, your poor ..." poem for it, to Joseph Pulitzer, who solicited financial contributions from his readers so it could be placed in New York Harbor. Rappaport herself opens the book by... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Pucko: Competing for Space Jun 27, 2008
The Statue of Liberty welcomes immigrants to New York Harbor with an inscribed poem, "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus, whose most famous line reads, "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be free.". These days the "strong and athletically gifted, yearning to be wealthy" are competing with them for space on the boat. (R News)
The Great Wall of America Jun 20, 2008
What tastes like common sense to one voter--cracking down on illegal crossings--smacks of xenophobia to the next, and the same rumble of helicopters and border-patrol Jeeps in the Southwestern desert sounds to some people like America standing up for itself but to others like Emma Lazarus, poet of the Statue of Liberty, rolling over in her grave. Passions don't shake out neatly along party lines. (Time.com)
Statue taller than Liberty for Mumbai Jun 4, 2008
The Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor is also known as 00004000 the Mother of Exiles after the Emma Lazarus poem inscribed in its base, and became a symbol of hope to the millions of immigrants who sailed by her to begin new lives in the United States. Shivaji's name, however, is now most closely linked with nativist political parties in Mumbai, who resist immigration into Mumbai by Indians from states other than Maharashtra. (India Times)
Ellen Sussman photoRandy Mayer May 16, 2008
He then read a partial quote from "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus, which is engraved on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. Using the word hospitality often in his delivery, Mayer said, There s always been a sense of hospitality in this desert. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
jorge rodriguez Apr 22, 2008
Jim Slade wrote on Sep 5, 2006 12:55 PM:" 1. The Statute of Liberty was dedicated in 1886. That is 120 years ago. 2. The quote is from the Emma Lazarus poem "New Colossus". It is not on the statute of liberty. 3. So America became the nation it is because Americans are "lazy" and "whiney". Tell Mr. Torres to go back to whatever hole country he came from. ". Comment on this story. (Great Falls Prairie Star, MT)
REGIONAL: Anti-illegal immigration bills proposed Mar 26, 2008
". I say, tell that to the Mexican government. Bettybb wrote on Mar 25, 2008 2:24 PM:America has always, as long as they are LEGAL immigrants taken the position: 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 Bettybb wrote on Mar 25, 2008 2:31 PM:So North Country Times censors pro rule of law comments.. I do not see any of my numerous commnets being posted, and... (North County Times)
President and Mrs. Bush Celebrate Women's History Month and International Women's Day Mar 15, 2008
One of America's finest poets was a woman named Emma Lazarus, who is most famous for writing the verses carved into the base of the Statue of Liberty. Those verses describe the copper icon as "a mighty woman with a torch" a to light the way for all "yearning to breathe free." During Women's History Month, and at this celebration of International Women's Day, we are proud that the most recognizable symbol of America's love for freedom is "a mighty woman." And we reaffirm our commitment to light... (White House News Releases)
Dan Chiasson on 'The Best American Erotic Poems' Mar 15, 2008
" A few dead Americans famous for doing things other than writing great erotic poems, like Francis Scott Key and Emma Lazarus, make an appearance; their poems are neither great nor really very erotic. As with many anthologies, you can't believe the exclusions: nothing by Marianne Moore? No H.D.? What about Edwin Arlington Robinson's "Eros Turannos"? Now that's a great, even a really great, poem, and, as its title suggests, it's also pretty erotic. Does America truly possess, as Leh-man claims, a... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
'Ghosts' reopens an entryway to America Feb 18, 2008
The pictures themselves are models of lucent clarity, as far removed from madness as Emma Lazarus is from Lou Dobbs. The best way to proceed through the show is to note each title, ignore the accompanying text, and take in the image. (Boston Globe)
Huck's Hour of Power Feb 12, 2008
Though an invasion of his nation is taking place on the border of his own state, John McCain is still reciting Emma Lazarus on the Golden Door. Though China manipulated its currency to seize our markets and loot our industry, and the European Union imposes value-added taxes -- tariff equivalents -- on U.S. imports, McCain is still babbling on about Smoot-Hawley. (Townhall.com)
Paper Radio: 'Give us your tired, your poor ...' Jan 5, 2008
A line from poet Emma Lazarus poem, A New Colossus, is inscribed on a plaque at the base of our Statute of Liberty. Give me your tired, your poor. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
Engelhardt: Bush Legacy Jan 4, 2008
If you really want to catch the spirit of the Bush legacy one year early, try to imagine the poem an Emma Lazarus of this moment might write, something appropriate for a gigantic statue in New York harbor of a guard from Mohamed Bashmilah's living nightmare dressed all in black, a black mask covering his head and neck, tinted yellow plastic over the eyes, a man, hands sheathed in rubber gloves, holding up not a torch but a video camera and dragging chains. (Zmag.org)
IS ANYONE LISTENING? Dec 27, 2007
Correction: here is the entire "NEW COLOSSUS" poem by Emma Lazarus. 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. (The Drudge Report)
Illegals Bring Diseases Across Border Nov 30, 2007
It is this reporter's opinion that since America is a nation of immigrants, its time to recall the words of Emma Lazarus, who in 1883 penned these words ... Little did Emma Lazarus know how foolishly that golden door has been flung open and how often ... Surely Emma Lazarus did not know the consequences of her pen when she wrote, Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door. (Newsmax)
All for one, one for all; have a reason for voting Sep 5, 2007
This was written in 1883 by a young Jewish woman from New York City as part of a poem Emma Lazarus scribed entitled, he New Colussus. These words are found on a plaque inside The Statue of Liberty's pedestal. (Greenville Delta Democrat Times, MS)
Letters for Tuesday, August 21, 2007 Aug 21, 2007
Then there s your misquote of Emma Lazarus, from the plaque on the statue of liberty. Apparently pestilence, greed, drugs, the homeless, the perverted, the depraved, your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free will all be delivered via the 350-foot boat that had a public coming out yesterday at Nawiliwili Harbor. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
In conversation with heroine’ Elaine Rembrandt Aug 3, 2007
E.R. One of the reasons I wrote my first one woman show, Courage and Commitment, about four outstanding Jewish women Deborah the Judge, Donna Gracia Mendes, Emma Lazarus and Golda Meir was because at that time (22 years ago), I was getting calls from organizations around town about my strong portrayal of Golda Meir in a play at the JCC s Halle Theatre. V.S. So, you swung into creative action. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Reader's Alley Jul 22, 2007
Billings reader Trish Flynn ( No compassion, 7/11) wrote about the Statue of Liberty, the golden door mentioned in Emma Lazarus s famous poem, and their supposed connection with immigration to the U.S.. Flynn is mistaken. (Helena Independent Record)
Your views: Border skirmish Jul 6, 2007
"This could be a call from Jesus' famous Sermon on the Mount, instead of Emma Lazarus' poem inscribed at the base of the Statue of Liberty.Considering the immigration issue, could any loyal Christian think deporting 12 million Mexicans, many having American children, is consistent with Jesus' teachings?When "compassionate conservative" President Bush delivers a plan for the "blessed poor" to achieve legitimacy in this country, he can't get sufficient members of his own party to sign up.Is it not... (Florida Today)
Utah study calls aid for refugees inadequate Jun 14, 2007
The "golden door" in the title is a reference to the famous Emma Lazarus poem inscribed on the base of the Statue of Liberty. More than 16,000 refugees from Southeast Asia, Bosnia, the Middle East and Africa have been resettled in Utah (nearly all in Salt Lake County) since 1983. (Deseret News)
JONAH GOLDBERG: Immigration's bad guys Jun 6, 2007
Discuss the topical issues of the day with the Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board in this blog. TALK ABOUT NEWS FEATURED DISCUSSION. (Orlando Sentinel -- Opinion)
Immigration's Bad Guys Jun 6, 2007
On the blog now: Updated at 8:49 AM. Updated: 6:10 AM 06/06/07. (Townhall.com)
Construction May 29, 2007
"Instead of give me 'your tired and your poor,' this is 'give me your rich and your technically trained,' " Howard says, referring to the famous Emma Lazarus poem at the base of the Statue of Liberty. His concerns are seconded by Maria Ramirez of the AFL-CIO, who says immigrants working lower-skilled construction jobs might have a tough time building up points. (USA Today -- Money)
Wooten: Who wins on immigration? May 24, 2007
I am quite familiar with the New Colossus written by Emma Lazarus. It quite typifies what this country has done from the beginning. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Read More: The Shaping Of America Apr 24, 2007
He had dissented from the famed Emma Lazarus poem about the tired and the poorhe spoke instead of what extraordinary people the immigrants who came here were, perhaps not in the material sense, but in their strength, their courage, and their willingness to journey into the unknown with so little except for their own willpower and their faith in the future. Over the years, like virtually every writer and social critic I know, Ive had my own running arguments with my country, not surprising in... (CBS News -- US)
In Defense of Fences Apr 2, 2007
Instead of honestly debating the issue, liberals prefer to quote Emma Lazarus on the subject ... Instead of honestly debating the issue, liberals prefer to quote Emma Lazarus on the subject. (Townhall.com)
When the political gets personal Apr 2, 2007
" We are taking up arms along the border, building fences, raiding workplaces and debating whether "guest workers" should even have the opportunity to become citizens. Knowing all of this, what was I to tell my son about the meaning of his papa's citizenship ceremony? The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Department of Homeland Security seemed to want my son and me to think about the myth of the good old days when the world's emaciated were welcomed on our shores. Only the violins were... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Lendman: War on Immigrants Apr 2, 2007
Emma Lazarus' memorable words on Lady Liberty's pedestal once had meaning as a new nation grew. No longer in a country hostile to the tired, the poor, the huddled masses, the wretched refuse, the homeless and many others not making the grade in a white supremacist Judeo-Christian state worshiping wealth and privilege. (Zmag.org)
In Pictures: Fifteen Immigrants Who Made It Big Mar 23, 2007
Many of today's immigrants also pass those same words, from Emma Lazarus' poem "The New Colossus," on a plaque in the international arrivals hall at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. But while foreigners continue to flock to the U.S., the country is undergoing one of its periodic waves of anti-immigration sentiment, with bitter political debates over who may come and who may stay. (Forbes)
Outsized response to Foyle as citizen Mar 15, 2007
As gray film clips from Ellis Island rolled and the words of Emma Lazarus ("Give me your tired, your poor ...'') spread over the Masonic Auditorium, an autograph seeker took a big foam-rubber No. 1 finger to one of the new Americans in Section 5. That had to be a first. The man who made introductory remarks, before the ceremony proceeded to the film and the Oath of Allegiance, pointed out the man in Section 5 and predicted that the Warriors would, contrary to media predictions, make the... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Lazarus 'The New Colossus' Mar 11, 2007
Emma Lazarus embraced her heritage as an American Jew, and her poem "The New Colossus" became a symbol for opportunities of freedom ... Born in New York on July 22, 1849, to Jewish parents, Esther Nathan and Moses Lazarus, Emma Lazarus was the fourth of seven children ... In 1883, Emma Lazarus, therefore, composed the sonnet to help raise the funds to furnish the sculpture with a pedestal. (Suite101.com)
Picking new wonders of the world Jan 19, 2007
But the clincher is the famous poem by Emma Lazarus found on its base. Give me your tired, your poor. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
