Introduction

"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-tossed to me.
I lift my lamp beside the golden door."

Inscribed on the Statue of Liberty:

American Liberty Quest will examine some of the documents, symbols and songs of liberty that have drawn people from all over the world  to America's shores seeking freedom and a better way of life.