And we will meet it well. Mr. President. the resolution which Senator ALLEN and I have intioduced Is. in a sense. based on three texts: our political heritage. symbolized by the Lazarus poem which appears on the Statue of Liberty and is referred to in the resolution. our JudaicChristian religious heritage. summarized by the parable of the Good Samaritan in the Bible. and our laws. specifically the 1968 protocol on refugees. Inscribed on a tablet in the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty is a poem by .Emma Lazarus titled "The New Colossus." It reads: Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame. With conquering limbs astride from land to land: Here at our seawashed. sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch. whose flame is the imprisoned lightning. and her name Mother of Exiles.
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