Bayard Taylor

A Pike, in the California dialect, is a native of Missouri, Arkansas, Northern Texas, or Southern Illinois. The first emigrants that came over the plains were from Pike County, Missouri; but as the phrase, 'a Pike County man,' was altogether too long for this short life of ours, it was soon abbreviated into 'a Pike.

American Journalist

Samuel P. Huntington

Finally, in my critique of the immigration image of America, it is also important to know that we're not only a nation of immigrants, but we are in some part a nation of emigrants, which often gets neglected.

American Sociologist

Roberto Di Matteo

I don't forget my roots. My father was an emigrant from Italy who worked in a steel factory. My mother worked part-time. When my father came home she would go out to work, cleaning offices.

Italian Footballer

Ivan Krastev

America is a nation of immigrants, but it is also a nation of people who never emigrate. Notably, Americans living outside the United States are not called emigrants, but 'expats.

Public Servant

Ilkay Gundogan

We do not only have a Turkish side, inherited from our parents and our families, we were born and raised in Gelsenkirchen. It is a city with a high percentage of emigrants.

German Athlete

Francis Parkman

Four men are missing; R., Sorel and two emigrants. They set out this morning after buffalo, and have not yet made their appearance; whether killed or lost, we cannot tell.

American Historian

Chang-Rae Lee

We arrived the way most emigrant families did. My father came first, and the rest of us - my mother, my sister and me - followed a year later.

South Korean Novelist

William H. Wharton

In addition to the dread of Indians, Texas held out no inducements for Mexican emigrants.

American Politician

Alexei Navalny

Nobody wants a political prisoner, but a political emigrant is no problem.

Russian Activist

Balaji Srinivasan

Our nation of immigrants is, tautologically, a nation of emigrants.

American Businessman

Emigrants usually choose to leave their country, unlike refugees who are forced.

Voluntary Action

Emigrants typically relocate on a long-term basis, not just for a short visit.

Permanent Move

Emigrants often look for a fresh start or better quality of life in another country.