“… 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!“

excerpt from “the new colossus” (1883) written by emma lazarus.

displayed on a bronze plaque mounted inside the pedestal of

the statue of liberty in new york, ny, usa.