Lazarus/people

Famous quotes containing the words lazarus and/or people:

“Still on Israel’s head forlorn,
Every nation heaps its scorn.”
—Emma Lazarus (1849–1887)

“It is the manners and spirit of a people which preserves a republic in vigour. A degeneracy in these is a canker which soon eats to the heart of its laws and constitution.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)