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Athena Mondale,
Spiritual Consultant
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This historical perspective on a great American icon is based on the poem by Emma Lazarus, The New Colossus.
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Chogyam Trungpa Gyatso,
Tibetan Monk
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What has happened to the words of Emma Lazarus, inscribed on the Statue of Liberty a century ago, now ironically hollow in their meaning: "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breath free.
~ Emma Lazarus Any society that values wealth above freedom will lose its freedom, and will ultimately lose its wealth as well ~ W.
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Keith Tennant,
Factory Worker
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Multimedia exhibit on Emma Lazarus.
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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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A bronze plaque, dedicated in memory of Emma Lazarus' contribution to the completion of the Statue's pedestal, has been affixed to the inner walls of the pedestal since the early 1900's.
For me and my fellow survivors the words of Emma Lazarus -- carved on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty -- were especially appropriate.
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Anita Ganesh,
Poet
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Emma Lazarus died in 1887, 4 years after composing the sonnet, at the age of 38.
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Khalid Binalshibh,
Taxi Driver
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A poem by Emma Lazarus won a contest in the newspaper and has adorned the pedestal ever since.
Emma Lazarus - The young Russian woman who wrote "The New Colossus," the poem which lies at the base of the Statue of Liberty and begins "Give me your tired, your poor.
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David Rosenberg,
Dermatologist
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Subsequently, Emma Lazarus chose to identify herself as a Jewish American writer.
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Mark Harris,
Priest
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Emma Lazarus was born in 1849 in New York City, the fourth of seven children of Esther and Moses Lazarus.
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