give us your weak and indigent....?

Question

i am looking for this quote and what context it was said in.
it may of course be wrong but close.. any ideas?

Answer 1

Could it possibly be the poem on the Statue of Liberty?

"“The New Colossus” 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.
From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
“"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!"” cries she
With silent lips. “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!”

Answer 2

It's a poem called The New Colossus written in the nineenth century. It was a minor inscription put on a small plaque at the base of the Statue of Liberty....it was never designed to be there by the statue designers and it was ignored for many years.
While it expresses one point of view of the time, it is not and never has been a policy of the US.

Answer 3

Hi. Search on Statue of Liberty and "yearning to breathe free". You'll find:

"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!"

Emma Lazarus (1849-1887)

This it? Or maybe "give us your weak and your indolent, and whatever." from a Canadian site.

Answer 4

I have never heard of that but I know there is a similar speech on the Statue of Liberty

Answer 5

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