Quote#Hope
The rays from this beacon, lighting this gateway to the continent,…
Quote byChauncey Depew · 1834–1928
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Oration at the unveiling of the Statue of Liberty (28 october 1886).
English (original)
The rays from this beacon, lighting this gateway to the continent, will welcome the poor and the persecuted with the hope and promise of homes and citizenship. It will teach them that there is room and brotherhood for all who will support our institutions and aid in our development; but that those who come to disturb our peace and dethrone our laws are aliens and enemies forever.
— Chauncey Depew
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